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DODGE

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DODGE Means

  1. noun: an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade“his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track”
  2. noun: a quick evasive movement
  3. verb: make a sudden movement in a new direction so as to avoid“The child dodged the teacher's blow”
  4. verb: move to and fro or from place to place usually in an irregular course“the pickpocket dodged through the crowd”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DODGE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 D2 G2 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In DODGE

19 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 (2)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing DODGE

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

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