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TONGS

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What TONGS Means

  1. noun: any of various devices for taking hold of objects; usually have two hinged legs with handles above and pointed hooks below

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TONGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 O1 N1 G2 S1.

Anagrams of TONGS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In TONGS

28 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 (9)

3 letter words (12)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing TONGS

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

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