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BAMBOO

6 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BAMBOO Means

  1. noun: the hard woody stems of bamboo plants; used in construction and crafts and fishing poles
  2. noun: woody tropical grass having hollow woody stems; mature canes used for construction and furniture

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BAMBOO is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 M3 B3 O1 O1.

Words Made From The Letters In BAMBOO

29 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 (6)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (9)

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