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RUPTURE

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What RUPTURE Means

  1. noun: state of being torn or burst open
  2. noun: a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)“they hoped to avoid a break in relations”
  3. verb: separate or cause to separate abruptly“The rope snapped”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RUPTURE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 U1 P3 T1 U1 R1 E1.

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 RUPTURE

36 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 (4)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (15)

2 letter words (8)

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