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NEWELS

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NEWELS Means

NEWELS is a form of NEWEL, which 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

NEWELS 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 N1 E1 W4 E1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In NEWELS

56 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 (10)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (6)

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