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SEIZING

7 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SEIZING Means

  1. noun: small stuff that is used for lashing two or more ropes together
  2. noun: the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SEIZING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 E1 I1 Z10 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In SEIZING

56 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 (2)

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (21)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.