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TALUS

5 letters, 5 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TALUS Means

  1. noun: a sloping mass of loose rocks at the base of a cliff
  2. noun: the bone in the ankle that articulates with the leg bones to form the ankle joint

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TALUS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 A1 L1 U1 S1.

Anagrams of TALUS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In TALUS

32 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 (11)

3 letter words (13)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing TALUS

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

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