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BETTERS

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What BETTERS Means

BETTERS is a form of BETTER, which means:

  1. noun: something superior in quality or condition or effect“a change for the better”
  2. noun: someone who bets
  3. adjective: (comparative of ‘good’) superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another“You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din”
  4. adjective: (comparative of ‘good’) changed for the better in health or fitness“her health is better now”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

BETTERS 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 E1 T1 T1 E1 R1 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 BETTERS

79 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 (7)

5 letter words (21)

4 letter words (27)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (8)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.