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PAUSE

5 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PAUSE Means

  1. noun: a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something
  2. noun: temporary inactivity
  3. verb: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing“The speaker paused”
  4. verb: cease an action temporarily“We pause for station identification”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PAUSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 U1 S1 E1.

Words Made From The Letters In PAUSE

35 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 (9)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (8)

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