What STRAKES Means
STRAKES is a form of STRAKE, which means:
- noun: thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STRAKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 R1 A1 K5 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of STRAKES (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In STRAKES
196 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 (23)
5 letter words (57)
4 letter words (63)
3 letter words (40)
2 letter words (13)
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.