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DISSECTING

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DISSECTING Means

DISSECTING is a form of DISSECT, which means:

  1. verb: cut open or cut apart“dissect the bodies for analysis”
  2. verb: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features“analyze a specimen”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DISSECTING 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 D2 I1 S1 S1 E1 C3 T1 I1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In DISSECTING

408 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 (9)

7 letter words (43)

6 letter words (69)

5 letter words (95)

4 letter words (114)

3 letter words (60)

2 letter words (16)

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