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MARLS

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What MARLS Means

MARLS is a form of MARL, which means:

  1. noun: a loose and crumbling earthy deposit consisting mainly of calcite or dolomite; used as a fertilizer for soils deficient in lime

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MARLS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 R1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In MARLS

30 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 (9)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing MARLS

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

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