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BENEFIT

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What BENEFIT Means

  1. noun: financial assistance in time of need
  2. noun: something that aids or promotes well-being“for the benefit of all”
  3. verb: derive a benefit from“She profited from his vast experience”
  4. verb: be beneficial for“This will do you good”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BENEFIT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 N1 E1 F4 I1 T1.

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 BENEFIT

74 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 (4)

4 letter words (30)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (13)

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