What GOVERNS Means
GOVERNS is a form of GOVERN, which means:
- verb: bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations“We cannot regulate the way people dress”
- verb: direct or strongly influence the behavior of“His belief in God governs his conduct”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GOVERNS 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 G2 O1 V4 E1 R1 N1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In GOVERNS
134 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 (6)
5 letter words (27)
ERGONERGOSGENROGOERSGONERGORESGORSEGRENSGRONEGROVENOSEROGRESONERSOVENSOVERSREGOSRONESROVENROVESSEGNOSENORSERONSERVOSNORESOGERVEGOSVERSO
4 letter words (48)
EGOSENGSEONSERGOERGSERNSEROSEVOSGENSGEOSGERSGOERGOESGONEGONSGOREGOVSGRENNEGSNOESNOGSNOSEOGREONERONESORESOVENOVERREGOREGSRENSREOSREVSROESRONERONGROSEROVESEGOSNOGSONESONGSORESORNVEGOVERSVOESVORS
3 letter words (41)
EGOENGENSEONERGERNERSEVOGENGEOGERGOEGONGORGOSGOVNEGNOGNORNOSOESONEONSOREORSOSEREGRENREORESREVROESEGSENSERSOGSONSOVVEGVOEVOR
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.