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BRACKET

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BRACKET Means

  1. noun: a category falling within certain defined limits
  2. noun: either of two punctuation marks (‘<’ or ‘>’) used in computer programming and sometimes used to enclose textual material
  3. verb: support with brackets“bracket bookshelves”
  4. verb: place into brackets“Please bracket this remark”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BRACKET is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 R1 A1 C3 K5 E1 T1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In BRACKET

125 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 (6)

5 letter words (24)

4 letter words (44)

3 letter words (38)

2 letter words (13)

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