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PAPPUSES

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PAPPUSES Means

PAPPUSES is a form of PAPPUS, which means:

  1. noun: calyx composed of scales or bristles or featherlike hairs in plants of the Compositae such as thistles and dandelions

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PAPPUSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 P3 P3 U1 S1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PAPPUSES

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.

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (24)

2 letter words (8)

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