What OPERATE Means
- verb: direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.“She is running a relief operation in the Sudan”
- verb: perform as expected when applied“The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
OPERATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 P3 E1 R1 A1 T1 E1.
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 OPERATE
138 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 (3)
5 letter words (30)
APERTAPORTAPTERARETEEATERETAPEOATEROPERAOPTERORATEPAREOPATERPEAREPEARTPEREAPETARPETERPETREPORAEPORTAPOTAEPRATEREATEREPOTROATETAPERTOPEETOPERTRAPETROPE
4 letter words (43)
AEROAPERARETATOPPAREPARTPATEPEARPEATPEERPEREPERTPOETPOREPORTPOTEPRAOPRATPREEPROARAPTRATERATOREAPREPORETEROPEROTAROTETAPETARETAROTARPTEARTEERTEPATOEATOPETORATORETRAPTREETROP
3 letter words (45)
APEAPOAPTAREARTATEEAREATERAEREETAOAROATOPEOPTORAOREORTPARPATPEAPEEPERPETPOAPOTPREPRORAPRATREEREOREPRETROEROTTAETAOTAPTARTEATEETOETOPTOR
2 letter words (17)
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