What ITALICS Means
ITALICS is a form of ITALIC, which means:
- noun: a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
- noun: a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
- adjective: characterized by slanting characters“italic characters”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ITALICS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 T1 A1 L1 I1 C3 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In ITALICS
97 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 (5)
5 letter words (16)
4 letter words (36)
ACTSAILSAITSALITALTSASCICASTCATSCISTCITSCLATILIAISITITASLACSLAICLASTLATILATSLIASLISTLITSSAICSAILSALTSATISIALSILTSLATSLITTAILTAISTALCTALITICSTILS
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.