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RECRUIT

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RECRUIT Means

  1. verb: register formally as a participant or member“The party recruited many new members”
  2. verb: seek to employ“The lab director recruited an able crew of assistants”
  3. noun: a recently enlisted soldier
  4. noun: any new member or supporter (as in the armed forces)

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RECRUIT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 C3 R1 U1 I1 T1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In RECRUIT

83 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 (6)

5 letter words (21)

4 letter words (26)

3 letter words (22)

2 letter words (8)

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