What LICHENS Means
LICHENS is a form of LICHEN, which means:
- noun: any of several eruptive skin diseases characterized by hard thick lesions grouped together and resembling lichens growing on rocks
- noun: any thallophytic plant of the division Lichenes; occur as crusty patches or bushy growths on tree trunks or rocks or bare ground etc.
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LICHENS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as L1 I1 C3 H4 E1 N1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of LICHENS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LICHENS
126 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 (13)
5 letter words (26)
4 letter words (41)
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (13)
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