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PAPILLA

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PAPILLA Means

  1. noun: (botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf
  2. noun: a small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell“the papillae of the tongue”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PAPILLA is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 P3 I1 L1 L1 A1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In PAPILLA

41 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.

6 letter words (3)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (14)

2 letter words (7)

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