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SPRAIN

6 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SPRAIN Means

  1. noun: a painful injury to a joint caused by a sudden wrenching of its ligaments
  2. verb: twist suddenly so as to sprain“wrench one's ankle”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SPRAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 R1 A1 I1 N1.

Anagrams of SPRAIN (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SPRAIN

98 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 (14)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (36)

2 letter words (10)

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