What BATTUES Means
BATTUES is a form of BATTUE, which means:
- noun: a hunt in which beaters force the game to flee in the direction of the hunter
- noun: indiscriminate slaughter“a bloodbath took place when the leaders of the plot surrendered”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BATTUES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 A1 T1 T1 U1 E1 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 BATTUES
147 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 (8)
5 letter words (35)
ABETSABUSEABUTSBASTEBATESBATTSBATTUBEASTBEATSBEAUSBEAUTBESATBETASBETTABUATSBUTESBUTTEBUTTSETATSSAUTESTATESUTTATABESTABUSTASTETATESTATUSTAUBETAUTSTEATSTESTATSUBATUBAETUBASTUBES
4 letter words (52)
ABETABUTATESBASEBASTBATEBATSBATTBEATBEAUBESTBETABETSBUATBUSTBUTEBUTSEASTEATSEAUSETASETATSABESATESAUTSEATSETASETTSTABSTATSTETSTUBSUBASUETTABSTABUTAESTATETATSTATUTAUSTAUTTEASTEATTESTTETSTUBATUBETUBSTUTSUTASUTES
3 letter words (38)
ABSATEATSATTAUEBASBATBESBETBUSBUTEASEATEAUESTETASABSAESATSAUSEASETSUBSUETABTAETASTATTAUTEATESTETTUBTUTUSEUTAUTEUTS
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.