ORDEALS Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What ORDEALS Means

ORDEALS is a form of ORDEAL, which means:

noun: a severe or trying experience
noun: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ORDEALS 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 O1 R1 D2 E1 A1 L1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of ORDEALS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

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Words Made From The Letters In ORDEALS

270 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 (19)

ADORES ALDERS ALDOSE DORSAL DORSEL DROLES LADERS LOADER ORDEAL OREADS REALOS RELOAD RESOLD ROSEAL SARDEL SARODE SOARED SOLDER SOLERA

5 letter words (70)

4 letter words (99)

3 letter words (61)

ADO ADS ALE ALS ARD ARE ARS DAE DAL DAS DEL DOE DOL DOR DOS DSO EAR EAS EDS ELD ELS ERA ERS LAD LAR LAS LEA LED LES LOD LOR LOS OAR ODA ODE ODS OES OLD OLE ORA ORD ORE ORS OSE RAD RAS RED REO RES ROD ROE SAD SAE SAL SAR SEA SED SEL SER SOD SOL

2 letter words (21)

AD AE AL AR AS DA DE DO EA ED EL ER ES LA LO OD OE OR OS RE SO

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ORDEALS