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BARRICADE

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What BARRICADE Means

  1. verb: render unsuitable for passage“block the way”
  2. verb: prevent access to by barricading“The street where the President lives is always barricaded”
  3. noun: a barrier set up by police to stop traffic on a street or road in order to catch a fugitive or inspect traffic etc.
  4. noun: a barrier (usually thrown up hastily) to impede the advance of an enemy“they stormed the barricade”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BARRICADE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 R1 R1 I1 C3 A1 D2 E1.

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