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FAWNS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What FAWNS Means

FAWNS is a form of FAWN, which means:

  1. verb: show submission or fear
  2. verb: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering“He is always kowtowing to his boss”
  3. noun: a color or pigment varying around a light grey-brown color“she wore dun”
  4. noun: a young deer

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FAWNS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 A1 W4 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FAWNS

24 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 (8)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing FAWNS

FAWNS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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