What PLOSIVE Means
- noun: a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it“his stop consonants are too aspirated”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PLOSIVE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 L1 O1 S1 I1 V4 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PLOSIVE
148 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 (7)
5 letter words (33)
ELOPSEVILSLEVISLIPOSLIVESLOIPELOPESLOVESOLIVEOLPESOVELSPILESPLIESPOISEPOLESPOLISSLIPESLIVESLOPESLOVESOLEISOLVESPEILSPIELSPILESPOILVEILSVIOLSVLEISVLIESVOILEVOIPSVOLES
4 letter words (55)
EPOSEVILEVOSISLELEISLEPSLEVOLIESLIPELIPOLIPSLISPLIVELOPELOPSLOSELOVEOILSOLESOLPEOPESOVELPELSPESOPIESPILEPISEPISOPLIEPOISPOLEPOLSPOSESEILSILESILOSIPESLIPSLOESLOPSOILSOLESOLISPIESPIVVEILVIESVILEVIOLVISEVLEIVOESVOIPVOLEVOLS
3 letter words (38)
ELSEVOIOSISOLEILEPLESLEVLIELIPLISLOPLOSOESOILOISOLEOPEOPSOSEPELPESPIEPISPOIPOLPOSPSISEISELSIPSOLSOPSOVVIEVISVOEVOL
2 letter words (15)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.