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GINGIVA

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What GINGIVA Means

  1. noun: the tissue (covered by mucous membrane) of the jaws that surrounds the bases of the teeth

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GINGIVA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 I1 N1 G2 I1 V4 A1.

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 GINGIVA

35 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 (1)

5 letter words (2)

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (6)

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