What INITIAL Means
- noun: the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)“he refused to put the initials FRS after his name”
- verb: mark with one's initials
- adjective: occurring at the beginning“took the initial step toward reconciliation”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
INITIAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 I1 T1 I1 A1 L1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In INITIAL
46 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 (2)
4 letter words (16)
3 letter words (17)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.