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EXECUTE

7 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What EXECUTE Means

  1. verb: kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment“In some states, criminals are executed”
  2. verb: murder in a planned fashion“The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EXECUTE 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 E1 X8 E1 C3 U1 T1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In EXECUTE

18 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.

4 letter words (3)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (6)

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