What SOS Means
SOS is a form of SO, which means:
- adverb: to a very great extent or degree“the idea is so obvious”
- adverb: in a manner that facilitates“he observed the snakes so he could describe their behavior”
- noun: the syllable naming the fifth (dominant) note of any musical scale in solmization
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SOS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 3 in Scrabble and 3 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 O1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SOS
2 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.
2 letter words (2)
Longer Words Containing SOS
SOS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
AMOROSOSAPSOSARIOSOSAVISOSBAGASSOSESBAGASSOSISBASSOSCALYPSOSCANSOSCHAMISOSCONVERSOSCORSOSCUSSOSDIPSOSDSOSESPRESSOSESPUMOSOSEXPRESSOSFATSOSFURIOSOSGNEISSOSEGRACIOSOSHUSOSISOSISOSCELESISOSEISMALISOSEISMICISOSMOTICISOSPINISOSPINSISOSPORIESISOSPOROUSISOSPORYISOSTACIESISOSTACYISOSTASIESISOSTASYISOSTATICISOSTERICKOUSSOS
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