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You get a rack with 5+ vowels or 5+ consonants — a critical imbalance that needs fixing.
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Pick the word that dumps the most excess tiles. A good dump word has a lopsided vowel-consonant ratio.
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The best choice restores a 3:4 or 4:3 ratio in your leave — even if it scores fewer points.
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Learn key dump words like ADIEU, AREAE, MIAOU (vowel dumps) and MYTHS, LYNCH, PSYCH (consonant dumps).