What EXPLAIN Means
- verb: make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
- verb: define“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXPLAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 L1 A1 I1 N1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In EXPLAIN
117 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 (5)
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (44)
AINEANILAPEXAXELAXILAXLEEINAELANILEAILEXLAINLANELANXLEANLEAPLIENLINELIPALIPENAILNAPENEALNEAPNIPANIXEPAILPAINPALEPANEPEALPEANPEINPELAPENIPIALPIANPILAPILEPINAPINEPLANPLEAPLEXPLIE
3 letter words (35)
AILAINALEALPANEANIAPEAXEEANLAPLAXLEALEILEPLEXLIELINLIPNAENAPNEPNIENILNIPNIXPALPANPAXPEAPELPENPIAPIEPINPIX
2 letter words (18)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.