What STRANDS Means
STRANDS is a form of STRAND, which means:
- noun: a pattern forming a unity within a larger structural whole“he tried to pick up the strands of his former life”
- noun: line consisting of a complex of fibers or filaments that are twisted together to form a thread or a rope or a cable
- verb: leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue“the travellers were marooned”
- verb: drive (a vessel) ashore
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STRANDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 R1 A1 N1 D2 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In STRANDS
91 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 (21)
DANTSDARNSDARTSDRANTDRATSNARDSRANDSRANTSSANDSSANTSSARDSSNARSSTANDSTARNSTARSSTRADTARNSTRADSTRANSTRASSTSARS
4 letter words (32)
ANDSANTSARDSARTSDANSDANTDARNDARTDRATNADSNARDNATSRADSRANDRANTRASTRATSSADSSANDSANSSANTSARDSARSSNARSTARTADSTANSTARNTARSTASSTRADTSAR
3 letter words (24)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.