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CYCLE

5 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What CYCLE Means

  1. noun: an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs“the never-ending cycle of the seasons”
  2. noun: a series of poems or songs on the same theme“Schubert's song cycles”
  3. verb: cause to go through a recurring sequence“cycle the laundry in this washing program”
  4. verb: pass through a cycle“This machine automatically cycles”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CYCLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 Y4 C3 L1 E1.

Anagrams of CYCLE (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In CYCLE

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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (2)

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