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TZETZES

7 letters, 25 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What TZETZES Means

TZETZES is a form of TZETZE, which means:

  1. noun: bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc.

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TZETZES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 25 in Scrabble and 25 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 Z10 E1 T1 Z10 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 75 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In TZETZES

27 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 (2)

5 letter words (3)

4 letter words (9)

3 letter words (8)

2 letter words (5)

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