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AFFERENT

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What AFFERENT Means

  1. noun: a nerve that passes impulses from receptors toward or to the central nervous system
  2. adjective: of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS“afferent nerves”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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AFFERENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 F4 F4 E1 R1 E1 N1 T1.

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