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SALVES

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SALVES Means

SALVES is a form of SALVE, which means:

  1. noun: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
  2. noun: anything that remedies or heals or soothes“he needed a salve for his conscience”
  3. verb: save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  4. verb: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SALVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 L1 V4 E1 S1.

Anagrams of SALVES (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SALVES

63 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.

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

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