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SALTATION

9 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What SALTATION Means

  1. noun: (geology) the leaping movement of sand or soil particles as they are transported in a fluid medium over an uneven surface
  2. noun: (genetics) a mutation that drastically changes the phenotype of an organism or species

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SALTATION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 L1 T1 A1 T1 I1 O1 N1.

Anagrams of SALTATION (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SALTATION

316 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.

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (15)

6 letter words (37)

5 letter words (77)

4 letter words (102)

3 letter words (59)

2 letter words (24)

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