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DECOCTS

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DECOCTS Means

DECOCTS is a form of DECOCT, which means:

  1. verb: extract the essence of something by boiling it
  2. verb: be cooked until very little liquid is left“The sauce should reduce to one cup”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DECOCTS 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 D2 E1 C3 O1 C3 T1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In DECOCTS

87 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 (3)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (12)

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