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MORTIFY

7 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What MORTIFY Means

  1. verb: practice self-denial of one's body and appetites
  2. verb: hold within limits and control“subdue one's appetites”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MORTIFY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 O1 R1 T1 I1 F4 Y4.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In MORTIFY

67 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 (4)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (24)

2 letter words (15)

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