JAVELIN

What JAVELIN Means

1. noun: an athletic competition in which a javelin is thrown as far as possible
2. noun: a spear thrown as a weapon or in competitive field events

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

JAVELIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as J8 A1 V4 E1 L1 I1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In JAVELIN

99 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 (6)

5 letter words (18)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (13)

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