Scrabble Dictionary
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OPENING
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
O
1
P
3
E
1
N
1
I
1
N
1
G
2
Σ
10
Definitions
Noun
- the first of a series of actions
- the act of opening something; "the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door"
- becoming open or being made open; "the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for"
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess; "he memorized all the important chess openings"
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made; "they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door"
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity; "the orifice into the aorta from the lower left chamber of the heart"
- a possible alternative; "bankruptcy is always a possibility"
- the initial part of the introduction; "the opening established the basic theme"
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production); "the opening received good critical reviews"
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise
- an open or empty space in or between things; "there was a small opening between the trees"; "the explosion made a gap in the wall"
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion; "there is an opening in the sales department"
Adjective
- first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word OPENING
Yes, OPENING is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 10 points in Scrabble. Because it is a 7-letter word, playing it will also earn you a bingo bonus if you use all your tiles! It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
OPENING is a 7-letter word. It contains 3 vowels and 4 consonants.