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DIFFUSE

7 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DIFFUSE Means

  1. verb: move outward“The soldiers fanned out”
  2. verb: spread or diffuse through“An atmosphere of distrust has permeated this administration”
  3. adjective: spread out; not concentrated in one place“a large diffuse organization”
  4. adjective: (of light) transmitted from a broad light source or reflected

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIFFUSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 F4 F4 U1 S1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In DIFFUSE

73 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.

5 letter words (9)

4 letter words (25)

3 letter words (28)

2 letter words (11)

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