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STAPHS

6 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What STAPHS Means

STAPHS is a form of STAPH, which means:

  1. noun: spherical Gram-positive parasitic bacteria that tend to form irregular colonies; some cause boils or septicemia or infections

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

STAPHS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 A1 P3 H4 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In STAPHS

59 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 (8)

4 letter words (24)

3 letter words (19)

2 letter words (8)

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