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ENDEMIC

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ENDEMIC Means

  1. adjective: of or relating to a disease (or anything resembling a disease) constantly present to greater or lesser extent in a particular locality“diseases endemic to the tropics”
  2. adjective: native to or confined to a certain region“the islands have a number of interesting endemic species”
  3. noun: a disease that is constantly present to a greater or lesser degree in people of a certain class or in people living in a particular location
  4. noun: a plant or animal that is native to a certain limited area“it is an endemic found only this island”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ENDEMIC is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 N1 D2 E1 M3 I1 C3.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ENDEMIC

82 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.

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (10)

4 letter words (31)

3 letter words (24)

2 letter words (11)

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