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LIEU

4 letters, 4 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What LIEU Means

  1. noun: the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another“can you go in my stead?”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

LIEU is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 E1 U1.

Words Made From The Letters In LIEU

6 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.

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (2)

Longer Words Containing LIEU

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

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