What STAPLES Means
STAPLES is a form of STAPLE, which means:
- noun: (usually in the plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant
- noun: a natural fiber (raw cotton, wool, hemp, flax) that can be twisted to form yarn“staple fibers vary widely in length”
- verb: secure or fasten with a staple or staples“staple the papers together”
- adjective: necessary or important, especially regarding food or commodities“wheat is a staple crop”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STAPLES 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 T1 A1 P3 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 59 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of STAPLES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In STAPLES
241 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 (31)
5 letter words (72)
4 letter words (79)
3 letter words (45)
2 letter words (14)
Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.