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CYNOSURES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CYNOSURES Means

CYNOSURES is a form of CYNOSURE, which means:

  1. noun: something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners)“let faith be your cynosure to walk by”
  2. noun: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration“if he was the cynosure of all eyes, he didn't notice”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CYNOSURES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 Y4 N1 O1 S1 U1 R1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CYNOSURES

355 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 (14)

6 letter words (57)

5 letter words (90)

4 letter words (101)

3 letter words (70)

2 letter words (21)

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