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CANAL

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CANAL Means

  1. noun: (astronomy) an indistinct surface feature of Mars once thought to be a system of channels; they are now believed to be an optical illusion
  2. noun: a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance“the tear duct was obstructed”
  3. verb: provide (a city) with a canal

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CANAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 N1 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In CANAL

15 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 (4)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (5)

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