putamen

1. A hard, shell-like covering, such as that enclosing the kernel of a peach.

2. The large dark lateral part of the basal ganglion which comprises the external portion of the corpus striatum and which has connections to the caudate nucleus.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
putamen	11	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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mu	4
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up	4
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
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ante	4
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temp	8
tepa	6
tump	8
tuna	4
tune	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
ament	7
meant	7
menta	7
paten	7
taupe	7
unapt	7
unmet	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
peanut	8
pneuma	10
untame	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
putamen	11