What SPARKES Means
SPARKES is a form of SPARK, which means:
- noun: a momentary flash of light
- noun: merriment expressed by a brightness or gleam or animation of countenance“he had a sparkle in his eye”
- verb: put in motion or move to act“trigger a reaction”
- verb: emit or produce sparks“A high tension wire, brought down by a storm, can continue to spark”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPARKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 A1 R1 K5 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 63 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SPARKES
152 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 (17)
ASKERSASPERSESKARSKESARSPARSESPASSERPRASESREPASSSAKERSSKEARSSPAERSSPARESSPARKESPARKSSPARSESPEAKSSPEARS
5 letter words (43)
APERSAPRESAPSESASKERASPERESKARKESARKSARSPARESPARKSPARSEPASESPASSEPEAKSPEARSPERKSPRASEPRESAPRESSRAKESRASESRASPSRASSEREAKSREAPSSAKERSAKESSARKSSASERSEARSSERKSSKEARSKEPSSKERSSPAERSPAESSPAKESPARESPARKSPARSSPEAKSPEARSPEKS
4 letter words (48)
AKESAPERAPESAPSEARESARKSASKSASPSEARSERASERKSKAESKEASKEPSKSARPAREPARKPARSPASEPASSPEAKPEARPEASPERKRAKERAPSRASERASPREAKREAPREPSSAKESAPSSARKSARSSEARSEASSEPSSERASERKSERSSKASSKEPSKERSPAESPARSPASSPEK
3 letter words (34)
AKEAPEAREARKARSASKASPEAREASERAERKERSESSKAEKASKEAKEPPARPASPEAPERPESPRERAPRASREPRESSAESAPSARSEASERSKASPA
2 letter words (10)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.