What KERN Means
- verb: furnish with a kern
- verb: remove a portion of space between (adjacent letters)
- noun: the part of a metal type that projects beyond its body
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
KERN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 E1 R1 N1.
Anagrams of KERN (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In KERN
9 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.
3 letter words (5)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing KERN
KERN 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.