What PERCHES Means
PERCHES is a form of PERCH, which means:
- noun: support consisting of a branch or rod that serves as a resting place (especially for a bird)
- noun: a linear measure of 16.5 feet
- verb: sit, as on a branch“The birds perched high in the tree”
- verb: to come to rest, settle“Misfortune lighted upon him”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PERCHES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 C3 H4 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PERCHES
104 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 (11)
5 letter words (29)
CEPESCERESCHEEPCHEERCHERECREEPCREESCREPECREPSECHESHERESHERSEPECHSPEERSPERCEPERCHPERESPERSEPHEERPHESEPREESPRESEREECHSCREESHEEPSHEERSHERESPEERSPREE
4 letter words (30)
CEESCEPECEPSCERECHERCREEECHEEECHERESHEPSHEREHERSHESPPECHPECSPEERPEESPEHSPEREPREERECSREESREHSREPSRESHSECHSEEPSEERSERESPEC
3 letter words (25)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.