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SCREWBALL

9 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SCREWBALL Means

  1. noun: a whimsically eccentric person
  2. noun: a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
  3. adjective: foolish; totally unsound“a crazy scheme”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCREWBALL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 R1 E1 W4 B3 A1 L1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In SCREWBALL

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 (12)

6 letter words (29)

5 letter words (93)

4 letter words (106)

3 letter words (59)

2 letter words (15)

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