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SLOUGHS

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SLOUGHS Means

SLOUGHS is a form of SLOUGH, which means:

  1. noun: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
  2. noun: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
  3. verb: cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers“our dog sheds every Spring”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SLOUGHS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 L1 O1 U1 G2 H4 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In SLOUGHS

81 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 (4)

5 letter words (15)

4 letter words (29)

3 letter words (21)

2 letter words (12)

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