MIRAGES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What MIRAGES Means

MIRAGES is a form of MIRAGE, which means:

noun: an optical illusion in which atmospheric refraction by a layer of hot air distorts or inverts reflections of distant objects
noun: something illusory and unattainable

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MIRAGES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 I1 R1 A1 G2 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of MIRAGES (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

GISARME IMAGERS MAIGRES

Words Made From The Letters In MIRAGES

229 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 (19)

AGEISM AGRISE AIMERS ARMIES GAMERS GAMIER GRAMES GRIMES IMAGER IMAGES MAIGRE MAIRES MARGES MARIES MIRAGE RAMIES SAGIER SAMIER SARMIE

5 letter words (50)

4 letter words (83)

3 letter words (60)

AGE AGS AIM AIR AIS AME AMI ARE ARM ARS EAR EAS EMS ERA ERG ERM ERS GAE GAM GAR GAS GEM GER GIE GIS IRE ISM MAE MAG MAR MAS MEG MES MIG MIR MIS RAG RAI RAM RAS REG REI REM RES RIA RIG RIM SAE SAG SAI SAM SAR SEA SEG SEI SER SIM SIR SMA SRI

2 letter words (17)

AE AG AI AM AR AS EA EM ER ES GI IS MA ME MI RE SI

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