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AKIMBO

6 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What AKIMBO Means

  1. adjective: (used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body“a tailor sitting with legs akimbo”
  2. adverb: with hands on hips and elbows extending outward“she stood there akimbo”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AKIMBO is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 K5 I1 M3 B3 O1.

Words Made From The Letters In AKIMBO

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 (2)

4 letter words (14)

3 letter words (24)

2 letter words (16)

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