Scoping
/ˈskoʊpiːŋ/
verb
- To perform a cursory investigation of; scope out.
- To perform any medical procedure that ends in the suffix -scopy, such as endoscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, etc.
"The surgeon will scope the football player's knee to repair damage to a ligament."
- To limit (an object or variable) to a certain region of program source code.
"If we locally scope the user's login name, it won't be accessible from outside this function."
- To examine under a microscope.
"The entomologist explained that he could not tell what species of springtail we were looking at without scoping it."
- To observe a bird using a spotting scope.
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Scoping"
Scoping is a 7-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "scoping" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Scoping" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "scoping" is a medium-scoring word.