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HEXANES

7 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HEXANES Means

HEXANES is a form of HEXANE, which means:

  1. noun: a colorless flammable liquid alkane derived from petroleum and used as a solvent

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HEXANES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 X8 A1 N1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In HEXANES

70 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 (4)

4 letter words (20)

3 letter words (29)

2 letter words (16)

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