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SLASH

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SLASH Means

  1. verb: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
  2. verb: beat severely with a whip or rod“The teacher often flogged the students”
  3. noun: a wound made by cutting“he put a bandage over the cut”
  4. noun: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SLASH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 L1 A1 S1 H4.

Words Made From The Letters In SLASH

20 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.

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing SLASH

SLASH appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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