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VEXED

5 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What VEXED Means

  1. adjective: troubled persistently especially with petty annoyances“harassed working mothers”
  2. adjective: causing difficulty in finding an answer or solution; much disputed“the vexed issue of priorities”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VEXED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 E1 X8 E1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In VEXED

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 (2)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (4)

Longer Words Containing VEXED

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

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