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OCCLUSIVE

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OCCLUSIVE Means

  1. noun: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it“his stop consonants are too aspirated”
  2. adjective: tending to occlude

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OCCLUSIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 C3 C3 L1 U1 S1 I1 V4 E1.

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