What DARKENS Means
DARKENS is a form of DARKEN, which means:
- verb: become dark or darker“The sky darkened”
- verb: tarnish or stain“a scandal that darkened the family's good name”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DARKENS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 A1 R1 K5 E1 N1 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 DARKENS
224 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 (18)
ANKERSDAKERSDANKERDARKENDEARNSDENARSDRAKESKNEADSNAKERSNARKEDNERKASRANKEDRANKESREDANSSANDEKSANDERSNAKEDSNARED
5 letter words (61)
ANKERARKEDASKEDASKERDAKERDANKSDARESDARKSDARNSDEANSDEARNDEARSDENARDERNSDRAKEDRANKDREKSEARDSEARNSESKARKADESKANESKARNSKERNSKESARKNARSKNEADKRANSNAKEDNAKERNARDSNARESNARKSNEARSNERDSNERKANERKSRAKEDRAKESRANDSRANKERANKSRASEDREADSREAKSREANSREDANRENDSSAKERSANEDSANERSAREDSEDANSKEANSKEARSKRANSNAKESNARESNARKSNEADSNEAK
4 letter words (80)
AKEDAKESANDSANESARDSAREDARESARKSDAESDAKSDANKDANSDAREDARKDARNDEANDEARDENSDERNDESKDREKEANSEARDEARNEARSENDSERASERKSERNSKADEKAEDKAESKANEKANSKARNKEASKEDSKENSKERNKNARKSARNADSNARDNARENARKNEARNEDSNEKSNERDNERKRADERADSRAKERANDRANKRASEREADREAKREANREDSRENDRENKRENSSADESAKESANDSANESANKSARDSARKSEANSEARSENASENDSERASERKSKENSKERSNARSNED
3 letter words (49)
ADSAKEANDANEANSARDAREARKARSASKDAEDAKDANDASDENEANEAREASEDSENDENSERAERKERNERSKAEKASKEAKEDKENNAENASNEDNEKRADRANRASREDRENRESSADSAESANSARSEASEDSENSERSKA
2 letter words (16)
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