What DANDLES Means
DANDLES is a form of DANDLE, which means:
- verb: move (a baby) up and down in one's arms or on one's knees
- verb: pet“the grandfather dandled the small child”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DANDLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 A1 N1 D2 L1 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 DANDLES
135 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 (14)
5 letter words (26)
ADDLEDALEDDALESDEADSDEALSDEANSDEDALELANDELANSLADEDLADENLADESLANDELANDSLANESLASEDLEADSLEANSLENDSNALEDNEALSSANEDSEDANSLADESLANESNEAD
4 letter words (43)
ADDSALESANDSANESDADSDAESDALEDALSDANSDEADDEALDEANDELSDENSEANSELANELDSENDSLADELADSLANDLANELASELEADLEANLEASLENDLENSNADSNEALNEDSSADESALESANDSANESEALSEANSELDSENASENDSLAESLEDSNED
3 letter words (37)
ADDADSALEALSANDANEANSDADDAEDALDANDASDELDENEANEASEDSELDELSENDENSLADLASLEALEDLESNAENASNEDSADSAESALSANSEASEDSELSEN
2 letter words (15)
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