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FURLOUGHS

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FURLOUGHS Means

FURLOUGHS is a form of FURLOUGH, which means:

  1. verb: dismiss, usually for economic reasons“She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized”
  2. verb: grant a leave to“The prisoner was furloughed for the weekend to visit her children”
  3. noun: a temporary leave of absence from military duty

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FURLOUGHS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 U1 R1 L1 O1 U1 G2 H4 S1.

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