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SCISSORS

8 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SCISSORS Means

  1. noun: an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades
  2. noun: a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCISSORS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 I1 S1 S1 O1 R1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SCISSORS

42 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.

7 letter words (1)

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (4)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (7)

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