What LIGANDS Means
LIGANDS is a form of LIGAND, which means:
- noun: a substance (an atom or molecule or radical or ion) that forms a complex around a central atom
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
LIGANDS 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 L1 I1 G2 A1 N1 D2 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 LIGANDS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In LIGANDS
173 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 (11)
5 letter words (33)
4 letter words (68)
3 letter words (45)
2 letter words (16)
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