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ZYGOMAS

7 letters, 22 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ZYGOMAS Means

ZYGOMAS is a form of ZYGOMA, which means:

  1. noun: the slender arch formed by the temporal process of the cheekbone that bridges to the zygomatic process of the temporal bone

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ZYGOMAS 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 G2 O1 M3 A1 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 ZYGOMAS

91 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 (6)

4 letter words (28)

3 letter words (38)

2 letter words (16)

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