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NECESSARY

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What NECESSARY Means

  1. adjective: absolutely essential
  2. adjective: unavoidably determined by prior circumstances“the necessary consequences of one's actions”
  3. noun: anything indispensable“food and shelter are necessities of life”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NECESSARY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 C3 E1 S1 S1 A1 R1 Y4.

Words Made From The Letters In NECESSARY

383 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 (25)

6 letter words (68)

5 letter words (103)

4 letter words (109)

3 letter words (61)

2 letter words (16)

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