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VELARS

6 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What VELARS Means

VELARS is a form of VELAR, which means:

  1. adjective: of or relating to the velum
  2. adjective: produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate (as ‘k’ in ‘cat’ and ‘g’ in ‘gun’ and ‘ng’ in ‘sing’)
  3. noun: a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VELARS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 E1 L1 A1 R1 S1.

Anagrams of VELARS (6)

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

Words Made From The Letters In VELARS

103 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.

5 letter words (24)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (30)

2 letter words (10)

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