What PULSE Means
- noun: (electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)“the pulsations seemed to be coming from a star”
- noun: the rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart“he could feel the beat of her heart”
- verb: expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically“The baby's heart was pulsating again after the surgeon massaged it”
- verb: produce or modulate (as electromagnetic waves) in the form of short bursts or pulses or cause an apparatus to produce pulses“pulse waves”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PULSE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 U1 L1 S1 E1.
Anagrams of PULSE (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In PULSE
31 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 (11)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing PULSE
PULSE appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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