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HETERODYNE

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What HETERODYNE Means

  1. verb: combine (a radio frequency wave) with a locally generated wave of a different frequency so as to produce a new frequency equal to the sum or the difference between the two
  2. adjective: of or relating to the beat produced by heterodyning two oscillations

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HETERODYNE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 T1 E1 R1 O1 D2 Y4 N1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In HETERODYNE

358 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 (3)

7 letter words (9)

6 letter words (46)

5 letter words (81)

4 letter words (118)

3 letter words (77)

2 letter words (24)

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