What BATTENS Means
BATTENS is a form of BATTEN, which means:
- noun: stuffing made of rolls or sheets of cotton wool or synthetic fiber
- noun: a strip fixed to something to hold it firm
- verb: furnish with battens“batten ships”
- verb: secure with battens“batten down a ship's hatches”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BATTENS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 T1 T1 E1 N1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BATTENS
154 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 (31)
ABETSANTESBANESBANTSBASENBASTEBATESBATTSBEANSBEASTBEATSBENTSBESATBETASBETTAETATSETNASNABESNATESNEATSNETTSSTANESTATESTEANSTENTTABESTASTETATESTEATSTENTSTESTA
4 letter words (62)
ABETANESANTEANTSATESBANEBANSBANTBASEBASTBATEBATSBATTBEANBEATBENSBENTBESTBETABETSEANSEASTEATSETASETATETNANABENABSNATSNEATNEBSNESTNETSNETTSABESANESANTSATESEANSEATSENASENTSETASETTSNABSNEBSTABSTATSTENSTETTABSTAESTANETANSTATETATSTEASTEATTENSTENTTESTTETS
3 letter words (41)
ABSANEANSANTATEATSATTBANBASBATBENBESBETEANEASEATENSESTETANABNAENASNATNEBNETSABSAESANSATSEASENSETTABTAETANTASTATTEATENTESTET
2 letter words (16)
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