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TOUGHER

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What TOUGHER Means

TOUGHER is a form of TOUGH, which means:

  1. adjective: not given to gentleness or sentimentality“a tough character”
  2. adjective: very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution“a rugged competitive examination”
  3. noun: someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing
  4. noun: an aggressive and violent young criminal

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TOUGHER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 O1 U1 G2 H4 E1 R1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In TOUGHER

122 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 (3)

5 letter words (20)

4 letter words (37)

3 letter words (44)

2 letter words (18)

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