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SLIDE

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SLIDE Means

  1. noun: a small flat rectangular piece of glass on which specimens can be mounted for microscopic study
  2. noun: (geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.
  3. verb: move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner“the wheels skidded against the sidewalk”
  4. verb: to pass or move unobtrusively or smoothly“They slid through the wicket in the big gate”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SLIDE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 L1 I1 D2 E1.

Anagrams of SLIDE (8)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SLIDE

49 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 (22)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (9)

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