What SEXTANT Means
- noun: a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
- noun: a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SEXTANT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 E1 X8 T1 A1 N1 T1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 64 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SEXTANT
113 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 (2)
5 letter words (19)
4 letter words (43)
ANESANTEANTSATESAXESEANSEASTEATSETASETATETNANATSNEATNESTNETSNETTNEXTSANESANTSATESAXESEANSEATSENASENTSETASETTSEXTSTATSTENSTETTAESTANETANSTATETATSTEASTEATTENSTENTTESTTETSTEXT
3 letter words (34)
ANEANSANTATEATSATTAXEEANEASEATENSESTETANAENASNATNETSAESANSATSAXSEASENSETTAETANTASTATTAXTEATENTESTETTEX
2 letter words (15)
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