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CATALECTIC

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What CATALECTIC Means

  1. noun: (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot
  2. adjective: (verse) metrically incomplete; especially lacking one or more syllables in the final metrical foot

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CATALECTIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 T1 A1 L1 E1 C3 T1 I1 C3.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.