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VOLVULUS

8 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What VOLVULUS Means

  1. noun: abnormal twisting of the intestines (usually in the area of the ileum or sigmoid colon) resulting in intestinal obstruction

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VOLVULUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 O1 L1 V4 U1 L1 U1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In VOLVULUS

23 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.

5 letter words (2)

4 letter words (7)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (5)

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