What ARDS Means
ARDS is a form of ARD, which means:
- noun: a simple light plough without a mouldboard.“Rather than cutting and turning the soil to produce ridged furrows, the ard breaks up a narrow strip of soil and cuts a shallow furrow (or drill), leaving intervening strips undisturbed.”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ARDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 R1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of ARDS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ARDS
12 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.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing ARDS
ARDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ADWARDSAFTERWARDSAIRBOARDSAIRWARDSAQUABOARDSAWARDSBACKBOARDSBACKWARDSBACKYARDSBAKEBOARDSBALLYARDSBANKCARDSBARDSBARDSHIPBARDSHIPSBARNYARDSBASEBOARDSBASELARDSBAYARDSBEARDSBEARWARDSBECOWARDSBEDBOARDSBEDWARDSBEEYARDSBEGHARDSBELGARDSBILLBOARDSBILLIARDSBIOHAZARDSBLINKARDSBLIZZARDSBLOWHARDSBLUEBEARDSBOARDSBOATYARDSBODYBOARDSBODYGUARDSBOGGARDSBOLLARDS
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