What INMATES Means
INMATES is a form of INMATE, which means:
- noun: one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital)
- noun: a patient who is residing in the hospital where they are being treated
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
INMATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 M3 A1 T1 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 INMATES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In INMATES
287 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 (25)
5 letter words (71)
4 letter words (102)
3 letter words (65)
2 letter words (24)
Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.