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SKELETON

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SKELETON Means

  1. noun: something reduced to its minimal form“the battalion was a mere skeleton of its former self”
  2. noun: a scandal that is kept secret“there must be a skeleton somewhere in that family's closet”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SKELETON 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 K5 E1 L1 E1 T1 O1 N1.

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