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AHIMSAS

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What AHIMSAS Means

AHIMSAS is a form of AHIMSA, which means:

  1. noun: a Buddhist and Hindu and especially Jainist doctrine holding that all forms of life are sacred and urging the avoidance of violence

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AHIMSAS 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 A1 H4 I1 M3 S1 A1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In AHIMSAS

87 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 (2)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (13)

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