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ESSAYS

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ESSAYS Means

ESSAYS is a form of ESSAY, which means:

  1. noun: an analytic or interpretive literary composition
  2. noun: a tentative attempt
  3. verb: make an effort or attempt“He tried to shake off his fears”
  4. verb: put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to“This approach has been tried with good results”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ESSAYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 S1 S1 A1 Y4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ESSAYS

34 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 (5)

4 letter words (10)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (7)

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