What NEEDLES Means
NEEDLES is a form of NEEDLE, which means:
- noun: the leaf of a conifer
- noun: a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument
- verb: annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism“He needled her with his sarcastic remarks”
- verb: prick with a needle
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NEEDLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 E1 D2 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In NEEDLES
76 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 (6)
5 letter words (14)
4 letter words (29)
DEENDEESDELEDELSDENEDENSEELSELDSELSEENDSENESESNELEEDLEESLENDLENSNEDSNEEDSEEDSEELSEENSELDSELESENDSENESLEDSLEESNEDSNEE
3 letter words (20)
2 letter words (7)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.