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APOPHYSIS

9 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What APOPHYSIS Means

  1. noun: (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
  2. noun: (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

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What It Scores

APOPHYSIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 O1 P3 H4 Y4 S1 I1 S1.

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