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FOIBLES

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What FOIBLES Means

FOIBLES is a form of FOIBLE, which means:

  1. noun: a behavioral attribute that is distinctive and peculiar to an individual
  2. noun: the weaker part of a sword's blade from the forte to the tip

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FOIBLES 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 F4 O1 I1 B3 L1 E1 S1.

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 FOIBLES

121 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 (3)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (43)

3 letter words (39)

2 letter words (19)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.