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COMPULSION

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What COMPULSION Means

  1. noun: an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid“he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident”
  2. noun: an irrational motive for performing trivial or repetitive actions, even against your will“her compulsion to wash her hands repeatedly”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COMPULSION 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 O1 M3 P3 U1 L1 S1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In COMPULSION

457 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 (2)

8 letter words (5)

7 letter words (27)

6 letter words (48)

5 letter words (119)

4 letter words (143)

3 letter words (88)

2 letter words (25)

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