What MORTARS Means
MORTARS is a form of MORTAR, which means:
- noun: a muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range
- noun: used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall
- verb: plaster with mortar“mortar the wall”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MORTARS 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 O1 R1 T1 A1 R1 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 MORTARS
131 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 (9)
5 letter words (26)
AMORTARMORATOMSMARORMARTSMOATSMORASMORATMORRAMORTSRATOSROAMSROARSROASTRORTSROTASSMARTSORRASORTASTARRSTOMASTORMTAROSTORASTORRSTRAMS
4 letter words (49)
ARMSARTSATOMMARSMARTMASTMATSMOASMOATMORAMORSMORTMOSTMOTSOARSOASTOATSORRAORTSOSARRAMSRASTRATORATSROAMROARROMAROMSRORTROSTROTAROTSSOARSOMASORASORTSTARSTOATAMSTAOSTAROTARSTOMSTORATORRTORSTOSATRAMTSAR
3 letter words (34)
ARMARSARTATSMARMASMATMOAMORMOSMOTOAROATOMSORAORSORTRAMRASRATROMROTSAMSARSATSMASOMSOTTAMTAOTARTASTOMTOR
2 letter words (13)
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