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ALDEHYDES

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ALDEHYDES Means

ALDEHYDES is a form of ALDEHYDE, which means:

  1. noun: any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ALDEHYDES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 D2 E1 H4 Y4 D2 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ALDEHYDES

290 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

8 letter words (1)

7 letter words (10)

6 letter words (27)

5 letter words (72)

4 letter words (97)

3 letter words (63)

2 letter words (20)

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