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HINDS

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What HINDS Means

HINDS is a form of HIND, which means:

  1. noun: any of several mostly spotted fishes that resemble groupers
  2. noun: a female deer, especially an adult female red deer
  3. adjective: located at or near the back of an animal“back (or hind) legs”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HINDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 I1 N1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HINDS

29 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 (11)

3 letter words (11)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing HINDS

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

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