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ROSTRUM

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ROSTRUM Means

  1. noun: a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
  2. noun: beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ROSTRUM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 O1 S1 T1 R1 U1 M3.

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 ROSTRUM

96 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 (2)

5 letter words (19)

4 letter words (36)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (13)

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