What PESTLES Means
PESTLES is a form of PESTLE, which means:
- noun: machine consisting of a heavy bar that moves vertically for pounding or crushing ores
- noun: a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
- verb: grind, mash or pulverize in a mortar“pestle the garlic”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PESTLES 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 E1 S1 T1 L1 E1 S1.
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 PESTLES
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.
6 letter words (9)
5 letter words (24)
LEEPSLEETSLESESLESTSPEELSPELESPELTSPESTSSEELSSEEPSSELESSEPTSSLEEPSLEETSLEPTSPEELSPELTSPETSSTEELSTEEPSTELESTEPSTEELSTELES
4 letter words (38)
EELSELSEELTSESESESSEESTSLEEPLEESLEETLEPSLEPTLESSLESTLETSPEELPEESPELEPELSPELTPESTPETSPSSTSEELSEEPSEESSELESELSSEPSSEPTSESESETSSLEESPETSTEPTEELTEESTELETELS
3 letter words (20)
2 letter words (7)
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