SOLDIER Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What SOLDIER Means

noun: an enlisted man or woman who serves in an army“the soldiers stood at attention”
noun: a wingless sterile ant or termite having a large head and powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony
verb: serve as a soldier in the military

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SOLDIER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 O1 L1 D2 I1 E1 R1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of SOLDIER (1)

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

SOLIDER

Words Made From The Letters In SOLDIER

247 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 (19)

DORIES DORISE DORSEL DROILS DROLES IDLERS LORIES OILERS OLDIES ORIELS REOILS RESOLD ROILED ROSIED SIDLER SILOED SLIDER SOILED SOLDER

5 letter words (69)

4 letter words (86)

3 letter words (53)

DEI DEL DIE DIS DOE DOL DOR DOS DSO EDS ELD ELS ERS IDE IDS IOS IRE ISO LED LEI LES LID LIE LIS LOD LOR LOS ODE ODS OES OIL OIS OLD OLE ORD ORE ORS OSE RED REI REO RES RID ROD ROE SED SEI SEL SER SIR SOD SOL SRI

2 letter words (20)

DE DI DO ED EL ER ES ID IO IS LI LO OD OE OI OR OS RE SI SO

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