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PENICILLIN

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PENICILLIN Means

  1. noun: any of various antibiotics obtained from Penicillium molds (or produced synthetically) and used in the treatment of various infections and diseases

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PENICILLIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 N1 I1 C3 I1 L1 L1 I1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In PENICILLIN

73 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.

7 letter words (3)

6 letter words (8)

5 letter words (10)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (21)

2 letter words (7)

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