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BLUNT

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What BLUNT Means

  1. verb: make less intense“blunted emotions”
  2. verb: make numb or insensitive“The shock numbed her senses”
  3. adjective: having a broad or rounded end“thick marks made by a blunt pencil”
  4. adjective: used of a knife or other blade; not sharp“a blunt instrument”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BLUNT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 L1 U1 N1 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In BLUNT

11 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.

4 letter words (2)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing BLUNT

BLUNT appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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