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LIGHTBULB

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What LIGHTBULB Means

  1. noun: electric lamp consisting of a transparent or translucent glass housing containing a wire filament (usually tungsten) that emits light when heated by electricity

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LIGHTBULB is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 G2 H4 T1 B3 U1 L1 B3.

Words Made From The Letters In LIGHTBULB

71 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.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (2)

5 letter words (6)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (28)

2 letter words (10)

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