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VELLICATED

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What VELLICATED Means

VELLICATED is a form of VELLICATE, which means:

  1. verb: touch (a body part) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
  2. verb: irritate as if by a nip, pinch, or tear“smooth surfaces can vellicate the teeth”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VELLICATED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 E1 L1 L1 I1 C3 A1 T1 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In VELLICATED

377 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 (1)

8 letter words (2)

7 letter words (17)

6 letter words (54)

5 letter words (85)

4 letter words (128)

3 letter words (70)

2 letter words (20)

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