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MELDS

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What MELDS Means

MELDS is a form of MELD, which means:

  1. verb: announce for a score; of cards in a card game
  2. verb: lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually“Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene”
  3. noun: a form of rummy using two decks of cards and four jokers; jokers and deuces are wild; the object is to form groups of the same rank

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MELDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 L1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In MELDS

27 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 (8)

3 letter words (13)

2 letter words (6)

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