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ISSUE

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ISSUE Means

  1. noun: an important question that is in dispute and must be settled“the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone”
  2. noun: one of a series published periodically“she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room”
  3. verb: prepare and issue for public distribution or sale“publish a magazine or newspaper”
  4. verb: circulate or distribute or equip with“issue a new uniform to the children”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ISSUE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 S1 S1 U1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In ISSUE

15 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.

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (7)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing ISSUE

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

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