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SNIPING

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SNIPING Means

SNIPING is a form of SNIP, which means:

  1. noun: a small piece of anything (especially a piece that has been snipped off)
  2. noun: the act of clipping or snipping
  3. verb: sever or remove by pinching or snipping“nip off the flowers”
  4. verb: cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of“dress the plants in the garden”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SNIPING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 N1 I1 P3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In SNIPING

39 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 (3)

5 letter words (2)

4 letter words (15)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (5)

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