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NEWEL

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NEWEL Means

  1. noun: the post at the top or bottom of a flight of stairs; it supports the handrail
  2. noun: the central pillar of a circular staircase

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NEWEL 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 N1 E1 W4 E1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In NEWEL

18 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 (3)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing NEWEL

NEWEL appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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