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ZYDECOS

7 letters, 22 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ZYDECOS Means

ZYDECOS is a form of ZYDECO, which means:

  1. noun: music of southern Louisiana that combines French dance melodies with Caribbean music and blues

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ZYDECOS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 23 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as Z10 Y4 D2 E1 C3 O1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 72 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ZYDECOS

90 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 (3)

5 letter words (12)

4 letter words (30)

3 letter words (33)

2 letter words (12)

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