What ALEWIFE Means
- noun: flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
- noun: shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ALEWIFE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 L1 E1 W4 I1 F4 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ALEWIFE
68 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (30)
ALEEALEFALEWALIFAWEEEALEFAILFEALFEELFILAFILEFLAWFLEAFLEEFLEWILEALEAFLIEFLIFELWEIWAIFWAILWALEWALIWEALWEELWEILWIELWIFEWILE
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (14)
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