What MANUALS Means
MANUALS is a form of MANUAL, which means:
- adjective: of or relating to the hands“manual dexterity”
- adjective: requiring human effort“a manual transmission”
- noun: a small handbook
- noun: (military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MANUALS 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 M3 A1 N1 U1 A1 L1 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 MANUALS
117 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 (6)
5 letter words (25)
ALANSALMASALUMSAMLASANLASAULASLAMASLANASLAUANLUMASLUNASMALASMANASMANULMANUSMAULSNAAMSNALASNAMUSNASALSAMANSAUNAULAMAULANSULNAS
4 letter words (41)
AALSALANALASALMAALMSALUMALUSAMASAMLAAMUSANASANSAAUASAULALAMALAMSLANALUMALUMSLUNAMAASMALAMALSMANAMANSMASAMASUMAULMAUNMNASMUNSNAAMNALANAMSNAMUSAMASAULSLAMSLUMULANULNA
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (13)
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