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FLAGPOLES

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FLAGPOLES Means

FLAGPOLES is a form of FLAGPOLE, which means:

  1. noun: surveying instrument consisting of a straight rod painted in bands of alternate red and white each one foot wide; used for sightings by surveyors
  2. noun: a tall staff or pole on which a flag is raised

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FLAGPOLES 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 L1 A1 G2 P3 O1 L1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FLAGPOLES

303 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 (1)

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (17)

5 letter words (75)

4 letter words (118)

3 letter words (70)

2 letter words (21)

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