What DEGREES Means
DEGREES is a form of DEGREE, which means:
- noun: a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality“a moderate grade of intelligence”
- noun: a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process“a remarkable degree of frankness”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEGREES 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 D2 E1 G2 R1 E1 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 DEGREES
78 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 (22)
DEEREDEERSDERESDREESDREGSEDGEREDGESEGERSGEESEGERESGREEDGREESGRESEREDESREEDEREEDSREGESRESEESEDERSEDGESEREDSERGE
4 letter words (25)
DEERDEESDEGSDEREDREEDREGEDGEEGEREREDERESERGSGEDSGEEDGEESGEREGERSGREEREDEREDSREEDREESREGSSEEDSEERSERE
3 letter words (17)
2 letter words (6)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.