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SNARING

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SNARING Means

SNARING is a form of SNARE, which means:

  1. noun: something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares“the exam was full of trap questions”
  2. noun: a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
  3. verb: catch in or as if in a trap“The men trap foxes”
  4. verb: entice and trap“The car salesman had snared three potential customers”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SNARING 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 N1 A1 R1 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 SNARING

117 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 (7)

5 letter words (20)

4 letter words (46)

3 letter words (34)

2 letter words (10)

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