What IDLES Means
IDLES is a form of IDLE, which means:
- adjective: not in action or at work“an idle laborer”
- adjective: without a basis in reason or fact“baseless gossip”
- verb: run disconnected or idle“the engine is idling”
- verb: be idle; exist in a changeless situation“The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IDLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 6 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 D2 L1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of IDLES (8)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In IDLES
49 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.
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (9)
Longer Words Containing IDLES
IDLES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.