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TRIGGER

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TRIGGER Means

  1. noun: lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun
  2. noun: a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen
  3. verb: put in motion or move to act“trigger a reaction”
  4. verb: release or pull the trigger on“Trigger a gun”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRIGGER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 I1 G2 G2 E1 R1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In TRIGGER

45 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 (1)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

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