What MYRTLES Means
MYRTLES is a form of MYRTLE, which means:
- noun: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- noun: any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
MYRTLES 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 Y4 R1 T1 L1 E1 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 MYRTLES
107 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 (4)
5 letter words (20)
LYMESLYRESLYTESMELTSMELTYMERLSRESTYSLYERSMELTSTYLESTYMESTYRETERMSTREYSTYERSTYLERTYRESYELMSYELTSYLEMS
4 letter words (40)
ELMSELMYELTSEMYSERSTLESTLETSLEYSLYESLYMELYMSLYRELYSELYTEMELSMELTMERLMETSRELYREMSRESTRETSRYESSLEYSTEMSTEYSTYETELSTEMSTERMTRESTREYTRYETYERTYESTYREYELMYELTYESTYLEM
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.