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EQUINOXES

9 letters, 25 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What EQUINOXES Means

EQUINOXES is a form of EQUINOX, which means:

  1. noun: either of two times of the year when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator and day and night are of equal length
  2. noun: (astronomy) either of the two celestial points at which the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EQUINOXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 25 in Scrabble and 26 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 Q10 U1 I1 N1 O1 X8 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In EQUINOXES

120 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.

7 letter words (2)

6 letter words (9)

5 letter words (18)

4 letter words (28)

3 letter words (40)

2 letter words (23)

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