What PATIENT Means
- noun: a person who requires medical care“the number of emergency patients has grown rapidly”
- noun: the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
- adjective: enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance“a patient smile”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PATIENT 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 P3 A1 T1 I1 E1 N1 T1.
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 PATIENT
130 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)
ENTIAETTININAPTINEPTNEPITPAINTPATENPATINPATTEPETITPETTIPIETAPINTAPITTATAINTTANTITAPENTAPETTATIETENIATINEATITAN
4 letter words (42)
AINEANTEANTIEINAETATETNANAPENEAPNEATNETTNIPANITEPAINPANEPANTPATEPEANPEATPEINPENIPENTPIANPIETPINAPINEPINTPITATAINTAITTANETAPETATETEATTEINTENTTEPATIANTINATINETINTTIPTTITE
3 letter words (41)
AINAITANEANIANTAPEAPTATEATTEANEATETAITANAENAPNATNEPNETNIENIPNITPANPATPEAPENPETPIAPIEPINPITTAETAITANTAPTATTEATENTETTIETINTIP
2 letter words (17)
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