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DORSUM

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DORSUM Means

  1. noun: the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine“his back was nicely tanned”
  2. noun: the back of the body of a vertebrate or any analogous surface (as the upper or outer surface of an organ or appendage or part)“the dorsum of the foot”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DORSUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 R1 S1 U1 M3.

Words Made From The Letters In DORSUM

80 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 (7)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (12)

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