What MARINES Means
MARINES is a form of MARINE, which means:
- adjective: of or relating to the sea“marine explorations”
- adjective: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen“nautical charts”
- noun: a soldier who serves both on shipboard and on land
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MARINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 R1 I1 N1 E1 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 MARINES (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In MARINES
278 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 (29)
5 letter words (74)
4 letter words (91)
3 letter words (64)
2 letter words (20)
Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.