What RELICTS Means
RELICTS is a form of RELICT, which means:
- noun: an organism or species surviving as a remnant of an otherwise extinct flora or fauna in an environment much changed from that in which it originated
- noun: geological feature that is a remnant of a pre-existing formation after other parts have disappeared
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
RELICTS 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 R1 E1 L1 I1 C3 T1 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 RELICTS
177 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 (50)
CEILSCELTSCERTSCESTICIELSCIRESCIRLSCITERCITESCLIESCRESTCRIESCRISECRITSERICSICERSISLETISTLELEIRSLIERSLITERLITESLITRERECITRECTIREISTRELICRELITRESITRICESRIELSRILESRITESSERICSILERSLICESLIERSTEILSTILESTIRETEILSTELICTICESTIERSTILERTILESTIRESTIRLSTRICETRIES
4 letter words (65)
CEILCELSCELTCERTCIELCIRECIRLCISTCITECITSCRISCRITELTSERICERSTETICICERICESIRESISLELEIRLEISLESTLETSLICELIERLIESLIRELISTLITELITSRECSREISRESTRETSRICERIELRILERISERITERITSSECTSEILSEIRSICESILESILTSIRESITESLITSTIESTIRTECSTEILTELSTICETICSTIERTIESTILETILSTIRETIRLTRESTRIE
3 letter words (37)
CELCISCITELSELTERSESTICEIREITSLEILESLETLIELISLITRECREIRESRETRITSECSEISELSERSETSICSIRSITSRITECTELTESTICTIETILTIS
2 letter words (12)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.