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RUNNING

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What RUNNING Means

  1. adjective: (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream“as mountain stream with freely running water”
  2. adjective: continually repeated over a period of time“a running joke among us”
  3. noun: (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team“the defensive line braced to stop the run”
  4. noun: the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace“he broke into a run”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RUNNING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 N1 N1 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In RUNNING

33 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (7)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (7)

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