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ENSIGNS

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ENSIGNS Means

ENSIGNS is a form of ENSIGN, which means:

  1. noun: a person who holds a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard; below lieutenant junior grade
  2. noun: an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ENSIGNS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 N1 S1 I1 G2 N1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of ENSIGNS (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In ENSIGNS

63 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 (3)

5 letter words (12)

4 letter words (23)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.