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SETTING

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SETTING Means

  1. noun: the context and environment in which something is set“the perfect setting for a ghost story”
  2. noun: the state of the environment in which a situation exists“you can't do that in a university setting”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SETTING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 E1 T1 T1 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.

Anagrams of SETTING (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SETTING

120 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 (5)

5 letter words (25)

4 letter words (47)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (12)

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