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HOUNDED

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HOUNDED Means

HOUNDED is a form of HOUND, which means:

  1. noun: any of several breeds of dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  2. noun: someone who is morally reprehensible“you dirty dog”
  3. verb: pursue or chase relentlessly“The hunters traced the deer into the woods”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HOUNDED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 O1 U1 N1 D2 E1 D2.

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 HOUNDED

65 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 (2)

5 letter words (2)

4 letter words (17)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (17)

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