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COLLATERAL

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What COLLATERAL Means

  1. adjective: descended from a common ancestor but through different lines“cousins are collateral relatives”
  2. adjective: serving to support or corroborate“collateral evidence”
  3. noun: a security pledged for the repayment of a loan

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COLLATERAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 L1 L1 A1 T1 E1 R1 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In COLLATERAL

277 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.

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (10)

6 letter words (37)

5 letter words (65)

4 letter words (90)

3 letter words (56)

2 letter words (17)

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