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TANGENTIAL

10 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What TANGENTIAL Means

  1. adjective: of superficial relevance if any“a digressive allusion to the day of the week”
  2. adjective: of or relating to or acting along or in the direction of a tangent“tangential forces”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TANGENTIAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 N1 G2 E1 N1 T1 I1 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In TANGENTIAL

367 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.

9 letter words (2)

8 letter words (8)

7 letter words (28)

6 letter words (58)

5 letter words (75)

4 letter words (107)

3 letter words (68)

2 letter words (21)

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