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SUTURES

7 letters, 7 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SUTURES Means

SUTURES is a form of SUTURE, which means:

  1. noun: an immovable joint (especially between the bones of the skull)
  2. noun: a seam used in surgery
  3. verb: join with a suture“suture the wound after surgery”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SUTURES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 U1 T1 U1 R1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In SUTURES

72 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 (9)

5 letter words (13)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (9)

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