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WHEEZED

7 letters, 23 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What WHEEZED Means

WHEEZED is a form of WHEEZE, which means:

  1. noun: breathing with a husky or whistling sound
  2. noun: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick“a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat”
  3. verb: breathe with difficulty

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WHEEZED is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 23 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 H4 E1 E1 Z10 E1 D2.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 73 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In WHEEZED

23 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 (2)

4 letter words (4)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (6)

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