What SPIRALS Means
SPIRALS is a form of SPIRAL, which means:
- noun: a plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from the center
- noun: a curve that lies on the surface of a cylinder or cone and cuts the element at a constant angle
- verb: to wind or move in a spiral course“the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action”
- verb: form a spiral“The path spirals up the mountain”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPIRALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 I1 R1 A1 L1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SPIRALS
134 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 (4)
5 letter words (34)
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4 letter words (53)
AILSAIRSALPSARILARISASPSLAIRLAPSLARILARSLASSLIARLIASLIPALIPSLIRALISPPAILPAIRPAISPALSPARSPASSPIALPIASPILAPIRLPIRSPSISRAILRAISRAPSRASPRIALRIASRIPSRISPSAILSAIRSAISSALPSALSSAPSSARISARSSIALSIPSSIRSSLAPSLIPSPARSPASSRIS
3 letter words (33)
2 letter words (10)
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