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Three Letter Scrabble Words
Threes are the workhorses of a crowded board. They extend a two into a longer play, they open or close lines, and they dump one heavy tile without giving away a premium square.
Sorted by score below, so the high-value threes are visible at a glance.
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Threes as hooks
Many threes are a two with a letter attached at the front or back. Learning them as families — AX to AXE, PA to PAL and PAS, HE to HEX and THE — teaches you the hooks at the same time, which is what actually wins points.
Dumping heavy tiles
ZAX, JEU, QAT, FIZ and WIZ let you clear a ten-point tile in a three-tile space. On a double letter square under the heavy tile, a three-letter word can out-score a clumsy six.
Vowel dumps
When your rack is AEIOUU, the threes save you: AUA, EAU, OUI-style vowel-heavy words and combinations like AIT and OBE shed vowels without wasting a turn on an exchange.
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