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EXPLOSION

9 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EXPLOSION Means

  1. noun: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
  2. noun: the act of exploding or bursting“the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXPLOSION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 L1 O1 S1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In EXPLOSION

310 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.

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (5)

6 letter words (29)

5 letter words (82)

4 letter words (102)

3 letter words (66)

2 letter words (24)

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