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PERILS

6 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What PERILS Means

PERILS is a form of PERIL, which means:

  1. noun: a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune“drinking alcohol is a health hazard”
  2. noun: a state of danger involving risk
  3. verb: pose a threat to; present a danger to“The pollution is endangering the crops”
  4. verb: put in a dangerous, disadvantageous, or difficult position

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PERILS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 I1 L1 S1.

Anagrams of PERILS (3)

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

Words Made From The Letters In PERILS

98 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.

5 letter words (26)

4 letter words (36)

3 letter words (27)

2 letter words (9)

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