What FOSSILS Means
FOSSILS is a form of FOSSIL, which means:
- noun: someone whose style is out of fashion
- noun: the remains (or an impression) of a plant or animal that existed in a past geological age and that has been excavated from the soil
- adjective: characteristic of a fossil
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FOSSILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 S1 S1 I1 L1 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 FOSSILS
41 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 (1)
5 letter words (5)
4 letter words (13)
3 letter words (12)
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.