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ORDEAL

6 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What ORDEAL Means

  1. noun: a severe or trying experience
  2. noun: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ORDEAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 R1 D2 E1 A1 L1.

Anagrams of ORDEAL (2)

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

Words Made From The Letters In ORDEAL

102 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 (43)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (17)

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