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CAVES

5 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CAVES Means

CAVES is a form of CAVE, which means:

  1. verb: hollow out as if making a cave or opening“The river was caving the banks”
  2. verb: explore natural caves
  3. noun: a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CAVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 A1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In CAVES

25 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 (10)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing CAVES

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

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