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PROFANE

7 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PROFANE Means

  1. adjective: characterized by profanity or cursing“foul-mouthed and blasphemous”
  2. adjective: not concerned with or devoted to religion“sacred and profane music”
  3. verb: corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality“debauch the young people with wine and women”
  4. verb: violate the sacred character of a place or language“desecrate a cemetery”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PROFANE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 R1 O1 F4 A1 N1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In PROFANE

127 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 (1)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (44)

3 letter words (50)

2 letter words (21)

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