What STARTLE Means
- verb: to stimulate to action“the loud noise startled him awake”
- verb: move or jump suddenly, as if in surprise or alarm“She startled when I walked into the room”
- noun: a sudden involuntary movement“he awoke with a start”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STARTLE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 A1 R1 T1 L1 E1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 57 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of STARTLE (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In STARTLE
214 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 (26)
ALERTSALTERSARETTSARTELSASTERTESTRALLASTERLATESTLATTERLATTESRATELSRATTLESALTERSLATERSTALERSTATERSTEALTSTELARTALERSTARSELTASLETTASTERTATERSTATLERTETRASTREATS
5 letter words (58)
ALERTALTERARETSARETTARLESARTELASTEREARLSEARSTETATSLAERSLARESLASERLATERLATTELEARSLEASTLEATSRALESRATELRATESREALSREASTRESATSALETSERALSETALSLARTSLATESTALESTARESTARTSTATESTEALSTEARSTELASTRAETAELSTALERTALESTARESTARTSTASERTASTETATERTATESTEALSTEARSTEATSTERASTERTSTESLATESTATETRATRATSTREATTRESTTRETS
4 letter words (71)
ALESALTSARESARETARLEARTSATESEARLEARSEASTEATSELTSERASERSTETASETATLAERLARELARSLASELASTLATELATSLEARLEASLEATLESTLETSRALERASERASTRATERATSREALRESTRETSSALESALTSATESEALSEARSEATSERASETASETTSLAESLATSTARSTATSTETTAELTAESTALETARETARSTARTTATETATSTEALTEARTEASTEATTELATELSTELTTESTTETSTRATTRESTRETTSAR
3 letter words (44)
ALEALSALTAREARSARTATEATSATTEAREASEATELSELTERAERSESTETALARLASLATLEALESLETRASRATRESRETSAESALSARSATSEASELSERSETTAETARTASTATTEATELTESTET
2 letter words (15)
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