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SULFURS

7 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SULFURS Means

SULFURS is a form of SULFUR, which means:

  1. noun: an abundant tasteless odorless multivalent nonmetallic element; best known in yellow crystals; occurs in many sulphide and sulphate minerals and even in native form (especially in volcanic regions)
  2. verb: treat with sulphur in order to preserve“These dried fruits are sulphured”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SULFURS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 U1 L1 F4 U1 R1 S1.

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

Words Made From The Letters In SULFURS

25 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.

6 letter words (1)

5 letter words (5)

4 letter words (11)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (2)

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