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PRECIOUS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PRECIOUS Means

  1. adjective: characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for“a cherished friend”
  2. adjective: of high worth or cost“diamonds, sapphires, rubies, and emeralds are precious stones”
  3. adverb: very“there is precious little time left”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PRECIOUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 E1 C3 I1 O1 U1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PRECIOUS

322 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 (12)

6 letter words (35)

5 letter words (83)

4 letter words (102)

3 letter words (71)

2 letter words (19)

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