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SIDEWISE

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What SIDEWISE Means

  1. adverb: in a lateral direction“the car slipped sideways into the ditch”
  2. adverb: with one side forward or to the front“turned sideways to show the profile”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SIDEWISE 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 I1 D2 E1 W4 I1 S1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In SIDEWISE

80 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 (7)

5 letter words (18)

4 letter words (27)

3 letter words (19)

2 letter words (9)

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