APPREHEND

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What APPREHEND Means

verb: get the meaning of something“Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?”
verb: take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”

Similar words

GROK COMPREHEND SAVVY DIG GRASP COMPASS COLLAR NAIL ARREST NAB

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

APPREHEND is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 P3 R1 E1 H4 E1 N1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In APPREHEND

232 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 (2)

ENDPAPER HAPPENED

7 letter words (6)

EPHEDRA PAPERED PARPEND PERPEND PREHEND PREPEND

6 letter words (35)

5 letter words (36)

AREDE ARENE ARPEN DEARE DEARN DENAR DRAPE EANED EARED ENDER ERNED HARED HEARD HEARE HEDER HEPAR NAPED NAPPE NEPER PADRE PANED PAPER PARED PEARE PENED PEREA PHARE PHEER PHENE PREED PREEN RAHED RANEE RAPHE RAPPE REDAN

4 letter words (77)

3 letter words (56)

AND ANE APE APP ARD ARE DAE DAH DAN DAP DEE DEN EAN EAR EDH EEN END ENE ERA ERE ERN HAD HAE HAN HAP HEN HEP HER NAE NAH NAP NED NEE NEP PAD PAH PAN PAP PAR PEA PED PEE PEH PEN PEP PER PRE RAD RAH RAN RAP RED REE REH REN REP

2 letter words (20)

AD AE AH AN AR DA DE EA ED EE EH EN ER HA HE NA NE PA PE RE

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