What POWDERS Means
POWDERS is a form of POWDER, which means:
- noun: a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
- noun: a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
- verb: make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust“pulverize the grains”
- verb: apply powder to“She powdered her nose”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POWDERS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 W4 D2 E1 R1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In POWDERS
186 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 (13)
5 letter words (47)
DEROSDOERSDOPERDOPESDORESDORPSDORSEDOSERDOWERDOWPSDOWSEDROPSDROWSOWRESPEDROPOREDPORESPOSEDPOSERPOWERPOWREPRODSPROSEPROWSREDOSREPOSRESODRESOWRODESROPEDROPESROSEDROWEDSEROWSOREDSOWEDSOWERSPODESPORESPREDSPREWSPRODSWORDSWOREWEROSWORDSWORSE
4 letter words (63)
DERODEWSDOERDOESDOPEDOPSDOREDORPDORSDOSEDOWPDOWSDREWDROPDROWEPOSEROSODESOPEDOPESORDSORESOWEDOWEROWESOWREOWSEPEDSPESOPEWSPODSPOREPOSEPOWSPRODPROSPROWREDOREDSREOSREPOREPSREWSRODERODSROEDROESROPEROSEROWSSORDSORESOWPSPEDSPEWSPODSWOPWEDSWEROWOESWOPSWORDWORE
3 letter words (46)
DEWDOEDOPDORDOSDOWDSOEDSERSODEODSOESOPEOPSORDOREORSOSEOWEPEDPERPESPEWPODPOSPOWPREPROREDREOREPRESREWRODROEROWSEDSERSEWSODSOPSOWWEDWOEWOPWOS
2 letter words (17)
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