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CORES

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CORES Means

CORES is a form of CORE, which means:

  1. noun: a small group of indispensable persons or things“five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program”
  2. noun: the center of an object“the ball has a titanium core”
  3. verb: remove the core or center from“core an apple”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CORES 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 O1 R1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of CORES (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CORES

39 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 (15)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing CORES

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

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