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HEMLOCKS

8 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HEMLOCKS Means

HEMLOCKS is a form of HEMLOCK, which means:

  1. noun: poisonous drug derived from an Eurasian plant of the genus Conium“Socrates refused to flee and died by drinking hemlock”
  2. noun: large branching biennial herb native to Eurasia and Africa and adventive in North America having large fernlike leaves and white flowers; usually found in damp habitats; all parts extremely poisonous

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HEMLOCKS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 M3 L1 O1 C3 K5 S1.

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