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DRAINS

6 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DRAINS Means

DRAINS is a form of DRAIN, which means:

  1. noun: emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it
  2. noun: tube inserted into a body cavity (as during surgery) to remove unwanted material
  3. verb: flow off gradually“The rain water drains into this big vat”
  4. verb: deplete of resources“The exercise class drains me of energy”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DRAINS 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 R1 A1 I1 N1 S1.

Anagrams of DRAINS (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In DRAINS

101 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 (16)

4 letter words (40)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (12)

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