GIRDLES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What GIRDLES Means

GIRDLES is a form of GIRDLE, which means:

noun: an encircling or ringlike structure
noun: a band of material around the waist that strengthens a skirt or trousers
verb: cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients“girdle the plant”
verb: put a girdle on or around“gird your loins”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GIRDLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 I1 R1 D2 L1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of GIRDLES (6)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

GILDERS GLIDERS GRISLED LIDGERS REGILDS RIDGELS

Words Made From The Letters In GIRDLES

171 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.