What SCALES Means
SCALES is a form of SCALE, which means:
- noun: an ordered reference standard“judging on a scale of 1 to 10”
- noun: relative magnitude“they entertained on a grand scale”
- verb: measure by or as if by a scale“This bike scales only 25 pounds”
- verb: pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SCALES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 C3 A1 L1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SCALES
57 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.
5 letter words (11)
4 letter words (22)
3 letter words (17)
2 letter words (7)
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