GREENMAIL

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What GREENMAIL Means

noun: (corporation) the practice of purchasing enough shares in a firm to threaten a takeover and thereby forcing the owners to buy those shares back at a premium in order to stay in business

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GREENMAIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 R1 E1 E1 N1 M3 A1 I1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In GREENMAIL

527 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 (7)

ALGERINE GERMAINE GERMINAL GLEAMIER LIEGEMAN MALIGNER MALINGER

7 letter words (47)

6 letter words (91)

5 letter words (128)

4 letter words (148)

3 letter words (83)

AGE AIL AIM AIN AIR ALE AME AMI ANE ANI ARE ARM EAN EAR EEL EEN ELM EME ENE ENG ERA ERE ERG ERM ERN GAE GAL GAM GAN GAR GEE GEL GEM GEN GER GIE GIN ING IRE LAG LAM LAR LEA LEE LEG LEI LIE LIG LIN MAE MAG MAL MAN MAR MEE MEG MEL MEN MIG MIL MIR MNA NAE NAG NAM NEE NEG NIE NIL NIM RAG RAI RAM RAN REE REG REI REM REN RIA RIG RIM RIN

2 letter words (23)

AE AG AI AL AM AN AR EA EE EL EM EN ER GI IN LA LI MA ME MI NA NE RE

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