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IODINES

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What IODINES Means

IODINES is a form of IODIN, which means:

  1. noun: a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

IODINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 O1 D2 I1 N1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of IODINES (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In IODINES

121 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 (9)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (38)

2 letter words (19)

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