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MEALYBUGS

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MEALYBUGS Means

MEALYBUGS is a form of MEALYBUG, which means:

  1. noun: scalelike plant-eating insect coated with a powdery waxy secretion; destructive especially of fruit trees

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MEALYBUGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 A1 L1 Y4 B3 U1 G2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In MEALYBUGS

478 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 (8)

6 letter words (52)

5 letter words (120)

4 letter words (164)

3 letter words (107)

2 letter words (26)

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