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ILLEST

6 letters, 6 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What ILLEST Means

ILLEST is a form of ILL, which means:

  1. adjective: affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function“ill from the monotony of his suffering”
  2. adjective: resulting in suffering or adversity“ill effects”
  3. adverb: (‘ill’ is often used as a combining form) in a poor or improper or unsatisfactory manner; not well“he was ill prepared”
  4. adverb: unfavorably or with disapproval“tried not to speak ill of the dead”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ILLEST 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 L1 L1 E1 S1 T1.

Anagrams of ILLEST (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In ILLEST

71 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.

5 letter words (13)

4 letter words (27)

3 letter words (21)

2 letter words (10)

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