What PYRAMID Means
- verb: enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts
- verb: use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal
- noun: a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex
- noun: (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases their holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PYRAMID is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 Y4 R1 A1 M3 I1 D2.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 65 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In PYRAMID
109 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 (1)
5 letter words (13)
4 letter words (36)
ADRYAIRYAMIDAMIRARIDARMYDAMPDARIDIMPDIYADRAMDRAPDRAYDRIPMAIDMAIRMARDMARYMIRYPADIPAIDPAIRPARDPIMAPRADPRAMPRAYPRIMRAIDRAMIRAMPRIADRIMARIMYYARDYIRD
3 letter words (45)
AIDAIMAIRAMIAMPARDARMARYDAMDAPDAYDIMDIPDRYIMPMADMAPMARMAYMIDMIRPADPAMPARPAYPIAPIRPRYPYARADRAIRAMRAPRAYRIARIDRIMRIPRYAYADYAMYAPYARYIDYIP
2 letter words (14)
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