EXAMPLING is a valid Scrabble word — 21 points
Yes. EXAMPLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 21 points in Scrabble and 26 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept EXAMPLING?
| 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: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful EXAMPLING is to know. It scores 21 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.3% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for EXAMPLING
No single letter turns EXAMPLING into another word.
How EXAMPLING scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in EXAMPLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| e | 1 | 12 |
| x | 1 | 1 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| p | 1 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so EXAMPLING has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about EXAMPLING
- All 9 letters of EXAMPLING are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does EXAMPLING mean in Scrabble?
verb
archaic
To give an example of something — the form ending in -ing.
The noun turned into a verb early and then almost disappeared, squeezed out by the phrase built with give. Exampling survives in older writing and in accepted word lists, and it reads as awkward now for a reason worth noticing: English prefers a light verb plus a noun where one verb would do.
How EXAMPLING is used
Present participle of example. Archaic; the ordinary phrasing is give an example.
- The sermon spends a page exampling the point and never makes it.
- Exampling a rule is easier than stating it.
- He was exampling the difficulty when the bell went.
- The manual keeps exampling and never defines anything.
- Exampling reads as archaic to every modern ear.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of EXAMPLING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in EXAMPLING
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Common questions about EXAMPLING
- Is EXAMPLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts EXAMPLING, where it scores 26 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is EXAMPLING worth?
- EXAMPLING is worth 21 points in Scrabble and 26 points in Words with Friends.
- What does EXAMPLING mean?
- To give an example of something — the form ending in -ing.
- What letters can be added to EXAMPLING?
- No single letter can be added to EXAMPLING to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of EXAMPLING:
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