What DILATED Means
DILATED is a form of DILATE, which means:
- verb: become wider“His pupils were dilated”
- verb: add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing“She elaborated on the main ideas in her dissertation”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DILATED 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 I1 L1 A1 T1 E1 D2.
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 DILATED
133 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 (9)
5 letter words (21)
ADDLEAIDEDAILEDDALEDDATEDDEALTDEDALDELTADITALDITEDELIADIDEALIDLEDLADEDLATEDLITEDTELIATIDALTIDEDTILDETILED
4 letter words (45)
ADITAIDEALITDALEDALIDALTDATEDEADDEALDEIDDEILDELIDELTDIALDIEDDIELDIETDITADITEEDITEILDIDEAIDLEILEALADELAIDLATELATILEADLEATLIEDLITETAEDTAELTAILTALETALITEADTEALTEILTELATELDTIDETIEDTILE
3 letter words (39)
ADDAIDAILAITALEALTATEDADDAEDALDEIDELDIDDIEDITEATELDELTETAIDEITALADLATLEALEDLEILETLIDLIELITTADTAETAITEATEDTELTIDTIETIL
2 letter words (19)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.