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GOVERNMENT

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What GOVERNMENT Means

  1. noun: the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit“the government reduced taxes”
  2. noun: the act of governing; exercising authority“regulations for the governing of state prisons”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GOVERNMENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 O1 V4 E1 R1 N1 M3 E1 N1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In GOVERNMENT

282 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 (9)

6 letter words (32)

5 letter words (68)

4 letter words (88)

3 letter words (67)

2 letter words (17)

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