ZING is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. ZING is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 16 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept ZING?
| 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: 49 / 100
Our own measure of how useful ZING is to know. It scores 14 from 4 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for ZING
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How ZING scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in ZING, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| z | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 24,205.
What does ZING mean in Scrabble?
noun
informal
Energy, enthusiasm or a sharp lively quality.
Zing imitates a sound and then turned abstract: a dish can have zing and so can a performance. The verb arrived first and the noun followed, which is the usual order for words built out of noises.
How ZING is used
Uncountable. Also a verb: zinged, zinging.
- The sauce needs zing and a great deal less sugar.
- The word zing imitates a sound.
- An arrow zinged past and hit the fence.
- A performance with no zing in it is merely accurate.
- Zing as a verb came before zing as a noun.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of ZING and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with ZING
19 longer words begin with ZING.
Words ending in ZING
Showing 24 of 1225 words that end in ZING. Useful as a back hook: play ZING onto a word already on the board.
Words with ZING inside
Showing 24 of 64 words that contain ZING somewhere in the middle. Words that start with ZING are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in ZING
Common questions about ZING
- Is ZING valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts ZING, where it scores 16 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is ZING worth?
- ZING is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.
- What does ZING mean?
- Energy, enthusiasm or a sharp lively quality.
- What letters can be added to ZING?
- ZING takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of ZING:
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