AWING is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. AWING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept AWING?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 55 / 100
Our own measure of how useful AWING is to know. It scores 9 from 5 tiles, takes 12 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for AWING
Front hooks — 12
cawingBack hooks — 0
None.
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF.
How AWING scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in AWING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| a | 1 | 9 |
| w | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 25,819.
What does AWING mean in Scrabble?
adjective
archaicliterary
Filling an onlooker with wonder or reverential astonishment; awe-inspiring, deeply impressive.
Older writers reached for awing to describe a sight, a person or an event so overwhelming that it left witnesses hushed and respectful rather than merely impressed, much as a modern writer might use awesome in its original, weightier sense. The word doubles as the present participle of the verb awe, so a preacher's voice awing a congregation into silence and a mountain range described as awing both draw on the same underlying idea of inspiring deep reverence or fear. Everyday English has largely replaced awing with more common alternatives such as awe-inspiring or awesome, leaving the older form to sound distinctly formal or old-fashioned. A modern reader mostly meets awing in older literature, historical fiction or writing that deliberately imitates an earlier, more elevated style.
How AWING is used
Archaic and literary; met chiefly in older writing and in deliberately old-fashioned or elevated prose describing something that inspires deep awe.
- The cathedral's vast, awing interior silenced every visitor.
- She described the storm as an awing display of nature's power.
- His awing presence made even seasoned soldiers fall quiet.
- The old chronicle calls the eclipse an awing sign from heaven.
- Nothing in the valley matched the awing height of the cliffs.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of AWING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of AWING
The 5 tiles of AWING in a different order — 1 found.
Words ending in AWING
Showing 24 of 64 words that end in AWING. Useful as a back hook: play AWING onto a word already on the board.
Words with AWING inside
16 words contain AWING in the middle. Words that start with AWING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in AWING
Common questions about AWING
- Is AWING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts AWING, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is AWING worth?
- AWING is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does AWING mean?
- Filling an onlooker with wonder or reverential astonishment; awe-inspiring, deeply impressive.
- What letters can be added to AWING?
- AWING takes 12 hooks: 12 in front and 0 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of AWING:
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