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DIODE

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DIODE Means

  1. noun: a thermionic tube having two electrodes; used as a rectifier
  2. noun: a semiconductor that consists of a p-n junction

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIODE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 O1 D2 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In DIODE

21 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.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing DIODE

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

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