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BAILIFFS

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BAILIFFS Means

BAILIFFS is a form of BAILIFF, which means:

  1. noun: an officer of the court who is employed to execute writs and processes and make arrests etc.

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BAILIFFS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 I1 L1 I1 F4 F4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In BAILIFFS

76 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.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (12)

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