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OFFENSE

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What OFFENSE Means

  1. noun: a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings of others
  2. noun: a feeling of anger caused by being offended“he took offence at my question”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OFFENSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 F4 F4 E1 N1 S1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In OFFENSE

55 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 (1)

4 letter words (20)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (12)

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