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SMELLS

6 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What SMELLS Means

SMELLS is a form of SMELL, which means:

  1. noun: the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form“she loved the smell of roses”
  2. noun: any property detected by the olfactory system
  3. verb: inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense
  4. verb: emit an odor“The soup smells good”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SMELLS 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 M3 E1 L1 L1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SMELLS

24 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 (3)

4 letter words (8)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (4)

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