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SULFA

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SULFA Means

  1. noun: antibacterial consisting of any of several synthetic organic compounds capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria that require PABA

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SULFA 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 U1 L1 F4 A1.

Anagrams of SULFA (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In SULFA

20 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.

4 letter words (6)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing SULFA

SULFA appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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