tubercle

1. A small rounded projecting part or outgrowth, such as a wartlike excrescence on the roots of some leguminous plants or a knoblike process in the skin or on a bone.

2. Pathology A nodule or swelling, especially a mass of lymphocytes and epithelioid cells forming the characteristic lesion of tuberculosis.

3. a small knobby prominence or excrescence especially on a plant or animal as.

4. A protuberance near the head of a rib that articulates with the transverse process of a vertebra.

5. Any of several prominences in the central nervous system.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
tubercle	12	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
el	2
er	2
et	2
re	2
te	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bee	5
bel	5
bet	5
bur	5
but	5
cee	5
cel	5
cru	5
cub	7
cue	5
cur	5
cut	5
ecu	5
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ere	3
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let	3
leu	3
reb	5
rec	5
ree	3
ret	3
rub	5
rue	3
rut	3
tec	5
tee	3
tel	3
tub	5
urb	5
ute	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
beer	6
beet	6
belt	6
blet	6
blue	6
blur	6
bree	6
brut	6
burl	6
bute	6
celt	6
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cert	6
cete	6
club	8
clue	6
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cult	6
curb	8
cure	6
curl	6
curt	6
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leer	4
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luce	6
lure	4
lute	4
reel	4
rete	4
rube	6
rule	4
teel	4
tele	4
tree	4
true	4
tube	6
tule	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
beret	7
betel	7
bluer	7
bluet	7
blurt	7
brute	7
buret	7
butle	7
celeb	9
creel	7
cruel	7
cruet	7
cuber	9
culet	7
curet	7
cuter	7
elect	7
elute	5
erect	7
eruct	7
lucre	7
rebec	9
rebel	7
rebut	7
recut	7
relet	5
rubel	7
ruble	7
terce	7
truce	7
tuber	7
ulcer	7

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
belter	8
butler	8
cutler	8
reluct	8
tercel	8
treble	8

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
lecture	9

8 Letters	Scrabble® Points
tubercle	12