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SCREENS

7 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SCREENS Means

SCREENS is a form of SCREEN, which means:

  1. noun: a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing
  2. noun: a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight“they had just moved in and had not put up blinds yet”
  3. verb: test or examine for the presence of disease or infection“screen the blood for the HIV virus”
  4. verb: examine methodically“screen the suitcases”

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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SCREENS 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 S1 C3 R1 E1 E1 N1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of SCREENS (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In SCREENS

80 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 (11)

5 letter words (19)

4 letter words (27)

3 letter words (17)

2 letter words (6)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.