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HUSK

4 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What HUSK Means

  1. noun: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  2. noun: outer membranous covering of some fruits or seeds
  3. verb: remove the husks from“husk corn”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HUSK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 U1 S1 K5.

Anagrams of HUSK (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In HUSK

4 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 (1)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing HUSK

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

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