Is KIDNAPING a word?
KIDNAPING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, KIDNAPING is a valid word.
What does kidnaping mean?
KIDNAPING is an inflected form of kidnap.
verb: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
“The industrialist's son was kidnapped”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
KIDNAPING: word details
- Pronunciation: KIHD-na-pihng (approx., 3 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 21 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Shorter words inside kidnaping
Words you can make from the letters of kidnaping.
Solve a whole rack, not just KIDNAPING
KIDNAPING is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does KIDNAPING mean?
KIDNAPING is an inflected form of kidnap and is a verb. It means: take away to an undisclosed location against their will and usually in order to extract a ransom.
Is KIDNAPING a valid word?
Yes, KIDNAPING is a valid word. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.