EARWIGS Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What EARWIGS Means

EARWIGS is a form of EARWIG, which means:

noun: any of numerous insects of the order Dermaptera having elongate bodies and slender many-jointed antennae and a pair of large pincers at the rear of the abdomen

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

EARWIGS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 A1 R1 W4 I1 G2 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of EARWIGS (1)

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

GAWSIER

Words Made From The Letters In EARWIGS

160 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.