What NOVICES Means
NOVICES is a form of NOVICE, which means:
- noun: someone who has entered a religious order but has not taken final vows
- noun: someone new to a field or activity
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NOVICES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 O1 V4 I1 C3 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 NOVICES
122 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 (10)
5 letter words (29)
CINESCIONSCIVESCOINSCONESCOSIECOVENCOVESCOVINENVOIEOSINICONSNOISEONCESOVENSOVINESCIONSCONESINCESONCESONICVEINSVICESVINESVINOSVISNEVISONVOCESVOICE
4 letter words (38)
CENSCINECIONCIVECOINCONECONICONSCOSECOVEECOSEONSEVOSICESICONIONSNEVINICENIESNOESNOSEONCEONESONIEOVENSECOSICESIENSINESONEVEINVICEVIESVINEVINOVINSVISEVOES
3 letter words (32)
2 letter words (13)
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