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MILITIA

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What MILITIA Means

  1. noun: civilians trained as soldiers but not part of the regular army
  2. noun: the entire body of physically fit civilians eligible by law for military service“their troops were untrained militia”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MILITIA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 I1 L1 I1 T1 I1 A1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MILITIA

39 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.

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (10)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (11)

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