ANIMALS Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What ANIMALS Means

ANIMALS is a form of ANIMAL, which means:

noun: a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
adjective: marked by the appetites and passions of the body“animal instincts”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ANIMALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 N1 I1 M3 A1 L1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of ANIMALS (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

ALMAINS LAMINAS MANILAS

Words Made From The Letters In ANIMALS

157 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.