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GNUS

4 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What GNUS Means

GNUS is a form of GNU, which means:

  1. noun: large African antelope having a head with horns like an ox and a long tufted tail

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GNUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 N1 U1 S1.

Anagrams of GNUS (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In GNUS

13 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.

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing GNUS

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

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