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HYOSCINES

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HYOSCINES Means

HYOSCINES is a form of HYOSCINE, which means:

  1. noun: an alkaloid with anticholinergic effects that is used as a sedative and to treat nausea and to dilate the pupils in ophthalmic procedures“transdermal scopolamine is used to treat motion sickness”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HYOSCINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 Y4 O1 S1 C3 I1 N1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HYOSCINES

305 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 (1)

7 letter words (4)

6 letter words (40)

5 letter words (71)

4 letter words (92)

3 letter words (73)

2 letter words (24)

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