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DIALS

5 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DIALS Means

DIALS is a form of DIAL, which means:

  1. noun: the face of a timepiece; graduated to show the hours
  2. noun: the control on a radio or television set that is used for tuning
  3. verb: operate a dial to select a telephone number“You must take the receiver off the hook before you dial”
  4. verb: choose by means of a dial“dial a telephone number”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 A1 L1 S1.

Anagrams of DIALS (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In DIALS

45 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.

4 letter words (18)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (11)

Longer Words Containing DIALS

DIALS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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