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TECTONICS

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What TECTONICS Means

  1. noun: the science of architecture
  2. noun: the branch of geology studying the folding and faulting of the earth's crust

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TECTONICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 C3 T1 O1 N1 I1 C3 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In TECTONICS

261 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.

8 letter words (6)

7 letter words (13)

6 letter words (30)

5 letter words (64)

4 letter words (81)

3 letter words (48)

2 letter words (19)

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