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FILIBUSTER

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What FILIBUSTER Means

  1. noun: a legislator who gives long speeches in an effort to delay or obstruct legislation that they oppose
  2. noun: (law) a tactic for delaying or obstructing legislation by making long speeches
  3. verb: obstruct deliberately by delaying

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FILIBUSTER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 I1 L1 I1 B3 U1 S1 T1 E1 R1.

Words Made From The Letters In FILIBUSTER

562 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 (3)

8 letter words (8)

7 letter words (45)

6 letter words (97)

5 letter words (149)

4 letter words (161)

3 letter words (79)

2 letter words (20)

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