What AUTHORS Means
AUTHORS is a form of AUTHOR, which means:
- noun: writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
- noun: someone who originates or causes or initiates something“he was the generator of several complaints”
- verb: be the author of“She authored this play”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
AUTHORS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 U1 T1 H4 O1 R1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In AUTHORS
190 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.
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (45)
AUTOSHAROSHARTSHOARSHOASTHORASHORSTHOSTAHOURSHOUTSHURSTHURTSOATHSRATHSRATOSRATUSROASTROTASROUSTROUTHROUTSRUTHSSHARTSHOATSHORTSHOUTSHURASOHURSORTASOUTHSTOURSURAHSURATSUTORSUTRATAHRSTAROSTHARSTHOUSTORAHTORASTORUSTOURSTRASHURAOS
4 letter words (79)
ARTSAUTOHAOSHAROHARTHASTHATSHAUTHOASHORAHORSHOSTHOTSHOURHOUTHURTHUSOHUTSOARSOASTOATHOATSORTSOSAROURSOUSTOUTSRAHSRASHRASTRATHRATORATSRATURHOSRHUSROSTROTAROTSROUTRUSARUSHRUSTRUTHRUTSSAUTSHATSHOTSHUTSOARSORASORTSOTHSOURSOUTSTARSTOASURATAHRTAOSTAROTARSTASHTAUSTHARTHOUTHROTHRUTHUSTORATORSTOSATOSHTOURTSARTUSHURAOURSAUTAS
3 letter words (43)
AHSARSARTASHATSHAOHASHATHOAHOSHOTHUTOAROATOHSORAORSORTOUROUSOUTRAHRASRATRHOROTRUTSARSATSAUSHASOHSOTSOUSURTAOTARTASTAUTHOTORUTAUTS
2 letter words (19)
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