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CHECKSUM

8 letters, 21 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CHECKSUM Means

  1. noun: a digit representing the sum of the digits in an instance of digital data; used to check whether errors have occurred in transmission or storage

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHECKSUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 C3 K5 S1 U1 M3.

Words Made From The Letters In CHECKSUM

88 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 (2)

6 letter words (5)

5 letter words (14)

4 letter words (30)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (12)

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