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MANDATE

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MANDATE Means

  1. noun: a document giving an official instruction or command
  2. noun: a territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves
  3. verb: assign under a mandate“mandate a colony”
  4. verb: make mandatory“the new director of the school board mandated regular tests”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MANDATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 N1 D2 A1 T1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MANDATE

116 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 (21)

4 letter words (34)

3 letter words (36)

2 letter words (19)

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