dormant

1. In a condition of biological rest or inactivity characterized by cessation of growth or development and the suspension of many metabolic processes.

2. Latent but capable of being activated: "a harrowing experience which . . . lay dormant but still menacing” ( Charles Jackson).

3. Lying asleep or as if asleep; inactive.

4. Temporarily quiescent: a dormant volcano. See Synonyms at inactive, latent.

5. Represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
dormant	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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am	4
an	2
ar	2
at	2
da	3
do	3
ma	4
mo	4
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no	2
od	3
om	4
on	2
or	2
ta	2
to	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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art	3
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tam	5
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tar	3
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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damn	7
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dona	5
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torn	4
trad	5
tram	6
trod	5

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
adorn	6
amort	7
andro	6
manor	7
monad	8
nomad	8
radon	6
roman	7
tardo	6
toman	7
trona	5
rando	6

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
matron	8
random	9
rodman	9

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
dormant	10
mordant	10