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ENCROACHES

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ENCROACHES Means

ENCROACHES is a form of ENCROACH, which means:

  1. verb: advance beyond the usual limit
  2. verb: impinge or infringe upon“This impinges on my rights as an individual”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ENCROACHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 N1 C3 R1 O1 A1 C3 H4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ENCROACHES

617 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 (14)

7 letter words (58)

6 letter words (121)

5 letter words (159)

4 letter words (150)

3 letter words (88)

2 letter words (26)

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