TRADEOFF

8 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What TRADEOFF Means

noun: an exchange that occurs as a compromise“I faced a tradeoff between eating and buying my medicine”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRADEOFF is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 A1 D2 E1 O1 F4 F4.

Words Made From The Letters In TRADEOFF

208 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.

6 letter words (14)

AFFORD AFFRET DAFTER DOATER DOFFER EFFORT FARFET FARTED FEDORA FORTED ORATED RAFTED ROATED TROADE

5 letter words (35)

ADORE AFORE AFTER DATER DEFAT DEFFO DERAT DOTER DRAFF DRAFT FADER FARED FATED FEART FETOR FORTE FRATE OARED OATER OFFED OFFER OFTER ORATE OREAD RATED REFFO ROATE ROTED TARDO TARED TRADE TREAD TREFA TROAD TRODE

4 letter words (74)

3 letter words (63)

ADO AFF AFT ARD ARE ARF ART ATE DAE DEF DOE DOF DOR DOT EAR EAT EFF EFT ERA ERF ETA FAD FAE FAR FAT FED FER FET FOE FOR FRA FRO OAF OAR OAT ODA ODE OFF OFT ORA ORD ORE ORF ORT RAD RAT RED REF REO RET ROD ROE ROT TAD TAE TAO TAR TEA TED TEF TOD TOE TOR

2 letter words (22)

AD AE AR AT DA DE DO EA ED EF ER ET FA FE OD OE OF OR RE TA TE TO

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