What SINKING Means
- noun: a descent as through liquid (especially through water)“they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic”
- noun: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength)“after several hours of sinking, an unexpected rally rescued the market”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SINKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 I1 N1 K5 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SINKING
38 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 (4)
5 letter words (3)
4 letter words (14)
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (5)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.