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WAITING

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What WAITING Means

  1. noun: the act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something)“the wait was an ordeal for him”
  2. adjective: being and remaining ready and available for use“waiting cars and limousines lined the curb”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WAITING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 A1 I1 T1 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.

Words Made From The Letters In WAITING

76 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 (2)

5 letter words (10)

4 letter words (22)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (11)

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