PERIS

What PERIS Means

PERIS is a form of PERI, which means:

1. noun: a beautiful and graceful girl
2. noun: (Persian folklore) a supernatural being descended from fallen angels and excluded from paradise until penance is done

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PERIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 I1 S1.

Anagrams of PERIS (8)

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

Words Made From The Letters In PERIS

41 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.

4 letter words (16)

3 letter words (18)

2 letter words (7)

Longer Words Containing PERIS

PERIS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.