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SPADING

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SPADING Means

SPADING is a form of SPADE, which means:

  1. noun: a playing card in the major suit that has one or more black figures on it“she led a low spade”
  2. noun: a sturdy hand shovel that can be pushed into the earth with the foot
  3. verb: dig (up) with a spade“I spade compost into the flower beds”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SPADING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 A1 D2 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

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