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MANACLE

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MANACLE Means

  1. noun: shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
  2. verb: confine or restrain with or as if with manacles or handcuffs“The police handcuffed the suspect at the scene of the crime”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MANACLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 N1 A1 C3 L1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MANACLE

91 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 (2)

5 letter words (10)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (14)

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