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TRAMMELS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TRAMMELS Means

TRAMMELS is a form of TRAMMEL, which means:

  1. noun: a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
  2. noun: an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
  3. verb: catch in or as if in a trap“The men trap foxes”
  4. verb: place limits on (extent or amount or access)“restrict the use of this parking lot”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRAMMELS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 A1 M3 M3 E1 L1 S1.

Anagrams of TRAMMELS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In TRAMMELS

318 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 (11)

6 letter words (34)

5 letter words (86)

4 letter words (105)

3 letter words (62)

2 letter words (20)

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