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NURSE

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What NURSE Means

  1. verb: try to cure by special care of treatment, of an illness or injury“He nursed his cold with Chinese herbs”
  2. verb: maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)“bear a grudge”
  3. noun: one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician)
  4. noun: a woman who is the custodian of children

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

NURSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 U1 R1 S1 E1.

Anagrams of NURSE (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In NURSE

39 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 (12)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (9)

Longer Words Containing NURSE

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

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