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IRIDECTOMY

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What IRIDECTOMY Means

  1. noun: an eye operation that treats closed-angle glaucoma by surgical removal of part of the iris of the eye

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

IRIDECTOMY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 R1 I1 D2 E1 C3 T1 O1 M3 Y4.

Anagrams of IRIDECTOMY (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In IRIDECTOMY

382 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (4)

7 letter words (12)

6 letter words (38)

5 letter words (85)

4 letter words (138)

3 letter words (78)

2 letter words (26)

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