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BLACKMAIL

9 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BLACKMAIL Means

  1. verb: exert pressure on someone through threats
  2. verb: obtain through threats
  3. noun: extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BLACKMAIL 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 B3 L1 A1 C3 K5 M3 A1 I1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In BLACKMAIL

130 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 (3)

6 letter words (10)

5 letter words (18)

4 letter words (51)

3 letter words (35)

2 letter words (13)

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