What SPIKING Means
SPIKING is a form of SPIKE, which means:
- noun: a transient variation in voltage or current
- noun: sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes“spikes provide greater traction”
- verb: stand in the way of
- verb: pierce with a sharp stake or point“impale a shrimp on a skewer”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPIKING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 I1 K5 I1 N1 G2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of SPIKING (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SPIKING
59 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 (7)
4 letter words (24)
3 letter words (19)
2 letter words (6)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.