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HOISTED

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HOISTED Means

HOISTED is a form of HOIST, which means:

  1. verb: raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help“hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car”
  2. verb: move from one place to another by lifting“They hoisted the patient onto the operating table”
  3. noun: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOISTED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 I1 S1 T1 E1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

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