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COMPASS

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What COMPASS Means

  1. noun: navigational instrument for finding directions
  2. noun: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control:“a piano has a greater range than the human voice”
  3. verb: bring about; accomplish“This writer attempts more than his talents can compass”
  4. verb: travel around, either by plane or ship“We compassed the earth”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COMPASS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 M3 P3 A1 S1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In COMPASS

108 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 (3)

5 letter words (19)

4 letter words (44)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (10)

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