Is SHINING a word?
SHINING is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 31 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SHINING is a valid word.
What does shining mean?
noun: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it.
“the shining of shoes provided a meager living”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SHINING: word details
- Pronunciation: SHEYE-nihng (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 11 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 13 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 shining
Words you can make from the letters of shining.
Solve a whole rack, not just SHINING
SHINING 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 SHINING mean?
SHINING is a noun. It means: the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it.
Is SHINING a valid word?
Yes, SHINING is a valid word. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 13 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.