What DESIGNS Means
DESIGNS is a form of DESIGN, which means:
- noun: the act of working out the form of something (as by making a sketch or outline or plan)“he contributed to the design of a new instrument”
- noun: an arrangement scheme“the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult”
- verb: make or work out a plan for; devise“They contrived to murder their boss”
- verb: plan something for a specific role or purpose or effect“This room is not designed for work”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DESIGNS 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 S1 I1 G2 N1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of DESIGNS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DESIGNS
121 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 (10)
5 letter words (24)
4 letter words (43)
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.