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VOLLEYS

7 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What VOLLEYS Means

VOLLEYS is a form of VOLLEY, which means:

  1. verb: be dispersed in a volley“gun shots volleyed at the attackers”
  2. verb: hit before it touches the ground“volley the tennis ball”
  3. noun: rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms“our fusillade from the left flank caught them by surprise”
  4. noun: a tennis return made by hitting the ball before it bounces

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

VOLLEYS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as V4 O1 L1 L1 E1 Y4 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In VOLLEYS

71 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 (4)

5 letter words (11)

4 letter words (22)

3 letter words (25)

2 letter words (9)

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