METALLING is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. METALLING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept METALLING?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful METALLING is to know. It scores 12 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for METALLING
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
metallingsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How METALLING scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in METALLING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| m | 1 | 2 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| l | 2 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so METALLING has to be built on the board across turns.
What does METALLING mean in Scrabble?
noun
Britishtechnical
Broken stone used to make or mend a road or railway bed.
Metalling is the layer of crushed rock that gives a road its firm surface. The word has nothing to do with metal in the usual sense; it comes from an old meaning of road metal.
How METALLING is used
Metalling is found in road-building and railway engineering, chiefly in British English.
- Workmen spread fresh metalling along the lane.
- The metalling was worn thin by years of traffic.
- Crushed granite was used for the metalling.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of METALLING and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with METALLING
1 longer words begin with METALLING.
Shorter words from the letters in METALLING
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Common questions about METALLING
- Is METALLING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts METALLING, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is METALLING worth?
- METALLING is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does METALLING mean?
- Broken stone used to make or mend a road or railway bed.
- What letters can be added to METALLING?
- METALLING takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of METALLING:
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