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TUCKS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What TUCKS Means

TUCKS is a form of TUCK, which means:

  1. noun: eatables (especially sweets)
  2. noun: (sports) a bodily position adopted in some sports (such as diving or skiing) in which the knees are bent and the thighs are drawn close to the chest
  3. verb: fit snugly into“insert your ticket into the slot”
  4. verb: make a tuck or several folds in“tuck the fabric”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TUCKS 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 U1 C3 K5 S1.

Anagrams of TUCKS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In TUCKS

12 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 (5)

3 letter words (4)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing TUCKS

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

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