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TRAMMEL

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TRAMMEL Means

  1. noun: a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
  2. noun: an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
  3. verb: catch in or as if in a trap“The men trap foxes”
  4. verb: place limits on (extent or amount or access)“restrict the use of this parking lot”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRAMMEL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 A1 M3 M3 E1 L1.

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 TRAMMEL

116 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 (6)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (40)

3 letter words (36)

2 letter words (17)

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