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ASSAILS

7 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ASSAILS Means

ASSAILS is a form of ASSAIL, which means:

  1. verb: attack someone physically or emotionally“The mugger assaulted the woman”
  2. verb: launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with“Hitler attacked Poland on September 1, 1939 and started World War II”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ASSAILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 S1 S1 A1 I1 L1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ASSAILS

44 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 (5)

5 letter words (7)

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (8)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.