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HYALOID

7 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What HYALOID Means

  1. noun: the transparent membrane enveloping the vitreous humor of the eye and separating it from the retina
  2. adjective: resembling glass in transparency or translucency“the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HYALOID is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 Y4 A1 L1 O1 I1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of HYALOID (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In HYALOID

98 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 (8)

4 letter words (36)

3 letter words (31)

2 letter words (22)

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