What ORPHANS Means
ORPHANS is a form of ORPHAN, which means:
- noun: a child who has lost both parents
- noun: someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- verb: deprive of parents
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ORPHANS 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 O1 R1 P3 H4 A1 N1 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 ORPHANS
145 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 (8)
5 letter words (22)
APRONARSONASPROHARNSHAROSHARPSHOARSHORASHORNSNOAHSOPAHSPHONSPRAOSPROASPSORAROANSSAPORSHARNSHARPSHORNSONARSOPRA
4 letter words (50)
APOSAPSOHAOSHAPSHARNHAROHARPHASPHOASHONSHOPSHORAHORNHORSNAOSNAPSNOAHNOSHOARSOPAHOSARPAHSPANSPARSPASHPHONPHOSPOASPONSPOSHPRAOPROAPROSRAHSRAPSRASHRASPRHOSROANSHANSHOPSNAPSNARSOAPSOARSOPHSORASORNSPANSPAR
3 letter words (48)
AHSANSAPOARSASHASPHANHAOHAPHASHOAHONHOPHOSNAHNAPNASNOHNORNOSOAROHSONSOPSORAORSPAHPANPARPASPHOPOAPOHPOSPRORAHRANRAPRASRHOSANSAPSARSHASOHSONSOPSPA
2 letter words (17)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.