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ZINCING

7 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ZINCING Means

ZINCING is a form of ZINC, which means:

  1. noun: a bluish-white lustrous metallic element; brittle at ordinary temperatures but malleable when heated; used in a wide variety of alloys and in galvanizing iron; it occurs naturally as zinc sulphide in zinc blende
  2. verb: coat or cover with zinc

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ZINCING is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Z10 I1 N1 C3 I1 N1 G2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 69 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ZINCING

12 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 (1)

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (2)

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