What MARTYRS Means
MARTYRS is a form of MARTYR, which means:
- noun: one who suffers for the sake of principle
- noun: one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion
- verb: kill as a martyr“Saint Sebastian was martyred”
- verb: torture and torment like a martyr
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MARTYRS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 A1 R1 T1 Y4 R1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In MARTYRS
83 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 (3)
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (27)
ARMSARMYARSYARTSARTYMARSMARTMARYMASTMATSMATYMAYSRAMSRASTRATSRAYSRYASSTARSTAYTAMSTARSTAYSTRAMTRAYTSARYAMSYARR
3 letter words (28)
2 letter words (10)
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