What BENTHOS Means
- noun: a region including the bottom of the sea and the littoral zones
- noun: organisms (plants and animals) that live at or near the bottom of a sea, lake, river or stream
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
BENTHOS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as B3 E1 N1 T1 H4 O1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In BENTHOS
153 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 (25)
BENTOBENTSBESOTBETHSBETONBOETSBONESBOTESEBONSETHOSHENTSHONESHOSENHOTENNOTESONSETSETONSHENTSHONESHOTESTENOSTONETHENSTHOSETONES
4 letter words (58)
BENSBENTBESTBETHBETSBOETBOHSBONEBOSHBOTEBOTHBOTSEBONEONSETHSHENSHENTHESTHETSHOBSHOESHONEHONSHOSEHOSTHOTEHOTSNEBSNESHNESTNETSNOBSNOESNOSENOSHNOTEOBESONESONSTSENTSHETSHOESHOTSNEBSNOBSNOTSONESOTHSTENSTOBTENSTHENTHONTOESTONETONSTOSETOSH
3 letter words (46)
BENBESBETBOHBONBOSBOTEHSENSEONESTETHHENHESHETHOBHOEHONHOSHOTNEBNETNOHNOSNOTNTHOBEOBSOESOHSONEONSOSESENSETSHESOBSOHSONSOTTENTESTHETHOTOETON
2 letter words (20)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.