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CAUSTICS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CAUSTICS Means

CAUSTICS is a form of CAUSTIC, which means:

  1. noun: any chemical substance that burns or destroys living tissue
  2. noun: the envelope of light rays reflected or refracted by a curved surface or object
  3. adjective: harsh or corrosive in tone“an acerbic tone piercing otherwise flowery prose”
  4. adjective: of a substance, especially a strong acid; capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAUSTICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 U1 S1 T1 I1 C3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CAUSTICS

94 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 (4)

5 letter words (20)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (11)

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