SPINDLE Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What SPINDLE Means

noun: (biology) tiny fibers that are seen in cell division; the fibers radiate from two poles and meet at the equator in the middle“chromosomes are distributed by spindles in mitosis and meiosis”
noun: a piece of wood that has been turned on a lathe; used as a baluster, chair leg, etc.

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SPINDLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 I1 N1 D2 L1 E1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 60 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of SPINDLE (2)

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

SPELDIN SPLINED

Words Made From The Letters In SPINDLE

188 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 (12)

DISPEL DISPLE ELDINS LISPED PENSIL PIENDS SLIPED SNIPED SPILED SPINED SPINEL SPLINE

5 letter words (46)

4 letter words (71)

3 letter words (45)

DEI DEL DEN DIE DIN DIP DIS EDS ELD ELS END ENS IDE IDS INS LED LEI LEP LES LID LIE LIN LIP LIS NED NEP NID NIE NIL NIP NIS PED PEL PEN PES PIE PIN PIS PSI SED SEI SEL SEN SIN SIP

2 letter words (14)

DE DI ED EL EN ES ID IN IS LI NE PE PI SI

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SPINDLE