What GENTLES Means
GENTLES is a form of GENTLE, which means:
- adjective: soft and mild; not harsh or stern or severe“a gentle reprimand”
- adjective: having or showing a kindly or tender nature“the gentle touch of her hand”
- verb: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of“She managed to mollify the angry customer”
- verb: give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GENTLES 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 G2 E1 N1 T1 L1 E1 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 GENTLES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In GENTLES
118 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 (7)
5 letter words (29)
4 letter words (45)
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.