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PUNCTURE

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PUNCTURE Means

  1. verb: pierce with a pointed object; make a hole into“puncture a tire”
  2. verb: make by piercing“puncture a hole”
  3. noun: loss of air pressure in a tire when a hole is made by some sharp object
  4. noun: a small hole made by a sharp object

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PUNCTURE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 N1 C3 T1 U1 R1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In PUNCTURE

101 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 (9)

5 letter words (20)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (37)

2 letter words (12)

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