What DIEBACK Means
- noun: a disease of plants characterized by the gradual dying of the young shoots starting at the tips and progressing to the larger branches
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DIEBACK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 E1 B3 A1 C3 K5.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DIEBACK
89 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 (2)
5 letter words (7)
4 letter words (37)
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3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.