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CORDITE

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CORDITE Means

  1. noun: explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CORDITE 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 O1 R1 D2 I1 T1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.