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HOOKWORM

8 letters, 20 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HOOKWORM Means

  1. noun: parasitic bloodsucking roundworms having hooked mouth parts to fasten to the intestinal wall of human and other hosts
  2. noun: infestation of the intestines by hookworms which enter the body (usually) through the skin

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOOKWORM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 20 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 O1 K5 W4 O1 R1 M3.

Words Made From The Letters In HOOKWORM

47 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.

6 letter words (1)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (10)

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