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PUBESCENT

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PUBESCENT Means

  1. adjective: (of animals especially human beings) having arrived at the onset of puberty (the age at which sex glands become functional) but not yet fully mature“the budding breasts of a pubescent girl and the downy chin of pubescent boy”
  2. adjective: covered with fine soft hairs or down“downy milkweed seeds”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PUBESCENT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 B3 E1 S1 C3 E1 N1 T1.

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