ESCUDOS

What ESCUDOS Means

ESCUDOS is a form of ESCUDO, which means:

1. noun: formerly the basic monetary unit of Portugal; equal to 100 centavo
2. noun: the basic unit of money on Cape Verde; equal to 100 centavos

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ESCUDOS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 S1 C3 U1 D2 O1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In ESCUDOS

106 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 (8)

5 letter words (17)

4 letter words (39)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (10)

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