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MAJOR

5 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What MAJOR Means

  1. adjective: of greater importance or stature or rank“a major artist”
  2. adjective: greater in scope or effect“a major contribution”
  3. noun: a commissioned military officer in the United States Army or Air Force or Marines; below lieutenant colonel and above captain
  4. noun: a university student who is studying a particular field as the principal subject“she is a linguistics major”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MAJOR is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 J8 O1 R1.

Anagrams of MAJOR (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In MAJOR

23 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 (12)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing MAJOR

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

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