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SYNTHETIC

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SYNTHETIC Means

  1. adjective: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially“man-made fibers”
  2. adjective: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis“limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements … that extend well beyond the limits of biology”
  3. noun: a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SYNTHETIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 Y4 N1 T1 H4 E1 T1 I1 C3.

Words Made From The Letters In SYNTHETIC

306 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 (8)

6 letter words (43)

5 letter words (73)

4 letter words (102)

3 letter words (62)

2 letter words (18)

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