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KRILL

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What KRILL Means

  1. noun: shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KRILL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 R1 I1 L1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In KRILL

9 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 (3)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing KRILL

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

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