What OILS Means
OILS is a form of OIL, which means:
- noun: a slippery or viscous liquid or liquefiable substance not miscible with water
- noun: oil paint containing pigment that is used by an artist
- verb: cover with oil, as if by rubbing“oil the wooden surface”
- verb: administer an oil or ointment to; often in a religious ceremony of blessing
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 I1 L1 S1.
Anagrams of OILS (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In OILS
15 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.
3 letter words (7)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing OILS
OILS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ACCOILSAEROFOILSAIRFOILSASSOILSBEMOILSBETOILSBOILSBROILSCAPRIFOILSCHARBROILSCHOKECOILSCOILSDEASOILSDESPOILSDROILSEIGHTFOILSEMBOILSEMBROILSENTOILSFOILSFOILSMANFOILSMENGARBOILSGUMBOILSHEXAFOILSHYDROFOILSJETFOILSMILFOILSMOILSMULTIFOILSNOILSOILSEEDOILSEEDSOILSKINOILSKINSOILSTONEOILSTONESOVERBOILSOVERTOILSPANBROILS
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