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ADVANCE

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ADVANCE Means

  1. verb: move forward, also in the metaphorical sense“Time marches on”
  2. verb: bring forward for consideration or acceptance“advance an argument”
  3. noun: a movement forward“he listened for the progress of the troops”
  4. noun: a change for the better; progress in development

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ADVANCE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 D2 V4 A1 N1 C3 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ADVANCE

56 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 (8)

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (20)

2 letter words (11)

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