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SASSAFRAS

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SASSAFRAS Means

  1. noun: yellowwood tree with brittle wood and aromatic leaves and bark; source of sassafras oil; widely distributed in eastern North America
  2. noun: dried root bark of the sassafras tree

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SASSAFRAS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 S1 S1 A1 F4 R1 A1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SASSAFRAS

25 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 (1)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (4)

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