What PERIODS Means
PERIODS is a form of PERIOD, which means:
- noun: an amount of time“a time period of 30 years”
- noun: the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PERIODS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 I1 O1 D2 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PERIODS
217 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 (18)
DOPERSDOPIERDORIESDORISEPEDROSPERIODPOISEDPOISERPOSIERPRIDESPRISEDPROSEDREDIPSRISPEDROSIEDSPIDERSPIREDSPORED
5 letter words (55)
DEROSDIPSODOERSDOPERDOPESDORESDORISDORPSDORSEDOSERDRIESDRIPSDROPSEIDOSEPRISOSIERPEDROPERISPIERSPOISEPOREDPORESPOSEDPOSERPRIDEPRIEDPRIESPRISEPRODSPROSEREDIPREDOSREPOSRESIDRESODRIDESRIPEDRIPESRODESROPEDROPESROSEDSIDERSIPEDSIREDSOREDSPEIRSPIDESPIEDSPIERSPIRESPODESPORESPREDSPROD
4 letter words (68)
DERODESIDIESDIPSDIREDOERDOESDOPEDOPSDOREDORPDORSDOSEDRIPDROPEPOSEROSIDESIREDIRESODESOPEDOPESORDSORESPEDSPERIPESOPIEDPIERPIESPIRSPISEPISOPODSPOISPOREPOSEPRODPROSREDOREDSREISREOSREPOREPSRIDERIDSRIPERIPSRISERISPRODERODSROEDROESROPEROSESEIRSIDESIPESIRESORDSORESORISPEDSPIESPOD
3 letter words (55)
DEIDIEDIPDISDOEDOPDORDOSDSOEDSERSIDEIDSIOSIREISOODEODSOESOISOPEOPSORDOREORSOSEPEDPERPESPIEPIRPISPODPOIPOSPREPROPSIREDREIREOREPRESRIDRIPRODROESEDSEISERSIPSIRSODSOPSRI
2 letter words (21)
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