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CAUTERIZED

10 letters, 22 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What CAUTERIZED Means

CAUTERIZED is a form of CAUTERIZE, which means:

  1. verb: burn, sear, or freeze (tissue) using a hot iron or electric current or a caustic agent“The surgeon cauterized the wart”
  2. verb: make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAUTERIZED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 U1 T1 E1 R1 I1 Z10 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In CAUTERIZED

440 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (19)

6 letter words (61)

5 letter words (121)

4 letter words (133)

3 letter words (81)

2 letter words (22)

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