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ASSASSIN

8 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ASSASSIN Means

  1. noun: a murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed“his assassins were hunted down like animals”
  2. noun: a member of a secret order of Muslims (founded in the 12th century) who terrorized and killed Christian Crusaders

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASSASSIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 S1 A1 S1 S1 I1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In ASSASSIN

41 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.

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (8)

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