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NOOSE

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What NOOSE Means

  1. noun: a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
  2. noun: a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
  3. verb: make a noose in or of
  4. verb: secure with a noose

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NOOSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 O1 S1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In NOOSE

31 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 (9)

3 letter words (13)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing NOOSE

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

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