What YAWNING Means
- adjective: gaping open as if threatening to engulf someone or something“the yawning mine shaft”
- adjective: with the mouth wide open indicating boredom or sleepiness“a yawning congregation”
- noun: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom“he could not suppress a yawn”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
YAWNING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Y4 A1 W4 N1 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.
Words Made From The Letters In YAWNING
65 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 (4)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (18)
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.