CUTTING is a valid Scrabble word — 10 points
Yes. CUTTING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept CUTTING?
| 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: 48 / 100
Our own measure of how useful CUTTING is to know. It scores 10 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for CUTTING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
cuttingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How CUTTING scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in CUTTING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| c | 1 | 2 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 823,434.
What does CUTTING mean in Scrabble?
noun
A piece cut off from something, such as a shoot taken from a plant or an article clipped from a newspaper.
A cutting from a plant can be rooted to grow a new one, and a newspaper cutting preserves a story for later. In British English a cutting is also an open passage dug through high ground for a road or railway.
How CUTTING is used
Cutting also works as an adjective meaning sharp or hurtful, as in a cutting remark.
- She kept a cutting from the local paper about the festival.
- A rose cutting will root in a jar of water.
- The train disappeared into a deep cutting through the hill.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of CUTTING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with CUTTING
2 longer words begin with CUTTING.
Shorter words from the letters in CUTTING
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Common questions about CUTTING
- Is CUTTING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts CUTTING, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is CUTTING worth?
- CUTTING is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does CUTTING mean?
- A piece cut off from something, such as a shoot taken from a plant or an article clipped from a newspaper.
- What letters can be added to CUTTING?
- CUTTING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of CUTTING:
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