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HESITATE

8 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What HESITATE Means

  1. verb: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
  2. verb: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing“The speaker paused”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HESITATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 S1 I1 T1 A1 T1 E1.

Anagrams of HESITATE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

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