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DAWN

4 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What DAWN Means

  1. noun: the first light of day“we got up before dawn”
  2. noun: the earliest period“the dawn of civilization”
  3. verb: become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions“It dawned on him that she had betrayed him”
  4. verb: appear or develop“The age of computers had dawned”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DAWN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 A1 W4 N1.

Anagrams of DAWN (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In DAWN

12 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 (7)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing DAWN

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

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