What FRINGES Means
FRINGES is a form of FRINGE, which means:
- noun: the outside boundary or surface of something
- noun: a part of the city far removed from the center“they built a factory on the outskirts of the city”
- verb: adorn with a fringe“The weaver fringed the scarf”
- verb: decorate with or as if with a surrounding fringe“fur fringed the hem of the dress”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FRINGES 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 F4 R1 I1 N1 G2 E1 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 FRINGES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In FRINGES
167 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 (15)
5 letter words (38)
4 letter words (57)
3 letter words (45)
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.