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ZAPPING

7 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ZAPPING Means

ZAPPING is a form of ZAP, which means:

  1. verb: strike suddenly and with force“This show zaps the viewers with some shocking scenes”
  2. verb: kill with or as if with a burst of gunfire or electric current or as if by shooting“in this computer game, space travellers are vaporized by aliens”
  3. noun: a sudden event that imparts energy or excitement, usually with a dramatic impact“they gave it another zap of radiation”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ZAPPING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Z10 A1 P3 P3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 71 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ZAPPING

44 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.

5 letter words (2)

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (9)

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