What STRAINS Means
STRAINS is a form of STRAIN, which means:
- noun: (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces
- noun: difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension“she endured the stresses and strains of life”
- verb: to exert much effort or energy“straining our ears to hear”
- verb: test the limits of“You are trying my patience!”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STRAINS 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 R1 A1 I1 N1 S1.
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 STRAINS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In STRAINS
164 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 (13)
5 letter words (45)
4 letter words (54)
3 letter words (39)
2 letter words (13)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.