What DUPLEX Means
- noun: a house with two units sharing a common wall
- noun: an apartment having rooms on two floors that are connected by a staircase
- adjective: (used technically of a device or process) having two parts“a duplex transaction”
- adjective: allowing communication in opposite directions simultaneously“duplex system”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DUPLEX is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 U1 P3 L1 E1 X8.
Words Made From The Letters In DUPLEX
40 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 (3)
4 letter words (12)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (7)
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