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QUARRIES

8 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What QUARRIES Means

QUARRIES is a form of QUARRY, which means:

  1. noun: a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence“he fell prey to muggers”
  2. noun: a surface excavation for extracting stone or slate“a British term for ‘quarry’ is ‘stone pit’”
  3. verb: extract (something such as stones) from or as if from a quarry“quarry marble”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

QUARRIES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Q10 U1 A1 R1 R1 I1 E1 S1.

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