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MEERKAT

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MEERKAT Means

  1. noun: a mongoose-like viverrine of South Africa having a face like a lemur and only four toes

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MEERKAT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 E1 R1 K5 A1 T1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MEERKAT

123 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 (22)

4 letter words (41)

3 letter words (39)

2 letter words (15)

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