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DESPOTISMS

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DESPOTISMS Means

DESPOTISMS is a form of DESPOTISM, which means:

  1. noun: dominance through threat of punishment and violence
  2. noun: a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESPOTISMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 P3 O1 T1 I1 S1 M3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DESPOTISMS

498 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 (12)

7 letter words (38)

6 letter words (75)

5 letter words (121)

4 letter words (143)

3 letter words (79)

2 letter words (29)

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