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CHECK

5 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CHECK Means

  1. verb: examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition“check the brakes”
  2. verb: make an examination or investigation“check into the rumor”
  3. noun: a written order directing a bank to pay money“he paid all his bills by check”
  4. noun: an appraisal of the state of affairs“they made an assay of the contents”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CHECK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 H4 E1 C3 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In CHECK

6 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 (1)

3 letter words (2)

2 letter words (3)

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