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CULTURE

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CULTURE Means

  1. noun: a particular society at a particular time and place“early Mayan civilization”
  2. noun: the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group
  3. verb: grow in a special preparation“optimal conditions for culturing stem cell lines”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CULTURE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 U1 L1 T1 U1 R1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In CULTURE

60 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 (4)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (7)

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