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GENERICS

8 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What GENERICS Means

GENERICS is a form of GENERIC, which means:

  1. adjective: relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus“the generic name”
  2. adjective: (of drugs) not protected by trademark“‘Acetaminophen’ is the generic form of the proprietary drug ‘Tylenol’”
  3. noun: wine that does not meet the minimum qualifications and standards for use of a designation by appellation of origin (where the grapes are grown) or by varietal content; may only be labeled by proprietary (made-up) name, by general color (such as ‘vin rouge’, ‘vino rosso’, ‘rotwein’, ‘red wine’, etc.), or by general class (as ‘vin ordinaire’, ‘vin de table’, ‘vino da tavola’, ‘tafelwein’, ‘table wine’, etc.)
  4. noun: any product that can be sold without a brand name

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GENERICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 E1 N1 E1 R1 I1 C3 S1.

Anagrams of GENERICS (1)

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