REPRESSION

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What REPRESSION Means

noun: a state of forcible subjugation“the long repression of Christian sects”
noun: (psychiatry) the classical defense mechanism that protects you from impulses or ideas that would cause anxiety by preventing them from becoming conscious

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

REPRESSION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 P3 R1 E1 S1 S1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In REPRESSION

553 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.

9 letter words (5)

ISOPRENES PERSONISE PRERINSES PRISONERS RESPONSER

8 letter words (24)

EREPSINS ESSOINER ISOPRENE PEREIONS PIONEERS PORINESS PRERINSE PRESSION PRIORESS PRISERES PRISONER REPINERS REPOSERS REPRISES RESINERS RESPIRES RESPONSE RIPENERS RIPENESS ROPERIES ROPINESS ROSERIES ROSIERES ROSINERS

7 letter words (63)

6 letter words (126)

5 letter words (134)

4 letter words (116)

3 letter words (64)

EEN ENE ENS EON ERE ERN ERR ERS ESS INS ION IOS IRE ISO NEE NEP NIE NIP NIS NOR NOS OES OIS ONE ONS OPE OPS ORE ORS OSE PEE PEN PER PES PIE PIN PIR PIS POI POS PRE PRO PSI REE REI REN REO REP RES RIN RIP ROE SEE SEI SEN SER SIN SIP SIR SIS SON SOP SOS SRI

2 letter words (21)

EE EN ER ES IN IO IS NE NO OE OI ON OP OR OS PE PI PO RE SI SO

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