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NEPHRITES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What NEPHRITES Means

NEPHRITES is a form of NEPHRITE, which means:

  1. noun: an amphibole mineral consisting of calcium magnesium silicate in monoclinic crystalline form; a source of jade that is less valuable than from jadeite; once believed to cure kidney disorders

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NEPHRITES 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 P3 H4 R1 I1 T1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of NEPHRITES (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In NEPHRITES

539 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 (5)

7 letter words (34)

6 letter words (96)

5 letter words (159)

4 letter words (149)

3 letter words (76)

2 letter words (20)

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