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OBLONG

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What OBLONG Means

  1. adjective: (of a leaf shape) having a somewhat elongated form with approximately parallel sides
  2. adjective: deviating from a square or circle or sphere by being elongated in one direction
  3. noun: a plane figure that deviates from a square or circle due to elongation

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OBLONG is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 B3 L1 O1 N1 G2.

Words Made From The Letters In OBLONG

40 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 (3)

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (7)

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