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TAILGATE

8 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What TAILGATE Means

  1. noun: a gate at the rear of a vehicle; can be lowered for loading
  2. verb: follow at a dangerously close distance“it is dangerous to tailgate another vehicle”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TAILGATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 I1 L1 G2 A1 T1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In TAILGATE

127 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 (5)

5 letter words (19)

4 letter words (44)

3 letter words (42)

2 letter words (16)

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