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FLAGELLUMS

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FLAGELLUMS Means

FLAGELLUMS is a form of FLAGELLUM, which means:

  1. noun: a whip used to inflict punishment
  2. noun: a lash-like appendage used for locomotion (e.g., in sperm cells and some bacteria and protozoa)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLAGELLUMS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 A1 G2 E1 L1 L1 U1 M3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FLAGELLUMS

332 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 (2)

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (8)

6 letter words (22)

5 letter words (83)

4 letter words (119)

3 letter words (76)

2 letter words (20)

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