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DOUGHBOY

8 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DOUGHBOY Means

  1. noun: an American infantryman in World War I
  2. noun: a rounded lump of dough that is deep-fried and served as hot bread“the doughboy was a predecessor of the doughnut”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DOUGHBOY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 U1 G2 H4 B3 O1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In DOUGHBOY

86 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.

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (8)

4 letter words (19)

3 letter words (41)

2 letter words (16)

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