What MUCUSES Means
MUCUSES is a form of MUCUS, which means:
- noun: protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MUCUSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 U1 C3 U1 S1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In MUCUSES
44 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 (1)
5 letter words (6)
4 letter words (16)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (6)
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