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CAIRNS

6 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CAIRNS Means

CAIRNS is a form of CAIRN, which means:

  1. noun: a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path
  2. noun: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAIRNS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 I1 R1 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CAIRNS

75 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 (13)

4 letter words (28)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (8)

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