What SQUINTS Means
SQUINTS is a form of SQUINT, which means:
- verb: cross one's eyes as if in strabismus“The children squinted so as to scare each other”
- verb: be cross-eyed; have a squint or strabismus
- noun: abnormal alignment of one or both eyes
- noun: the act of squinting; looking with the eyes partly closed
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SQUINTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 Q10 U1 I1 N1 T1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 66 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In SQUINTS
73 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 (5)
5 letter words (15)
4 letter words (20)
3 letter words (22)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.