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PARAFFIN

8 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PARAFFIN Means

  1. noun: from crude petroleum; used for candles and for preservative or waterproof coatings
  2. noun: a series of non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PARAFFIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 R1 A1 F4 F4 I1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In PARAFFIN

78 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 (6)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (10)

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