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SMOLDER

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SMOLDER Means

  1. verb: burn slowly and without a flame“a smoldering fire”
  2. verb: have strong suppressed feelings
  3. noun: a fire that burns with thick smoke but no flame“the smoulder suddenly became a blaze”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SMOLDER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 M3 O1 L1 D2 E1 R1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of SMOLDER (3)

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

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.