What TENSION Means
- noun: (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense“he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension”
- noun: the physical condition of being stretched or strained“it places great tension on the leg muscles”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TENSION 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 T1 E1 N1 S1 I1 O1 N1.
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 TENSION (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TENSION
137 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 (15)
5 letter words (30)
EOSININSETNEISTNEONSNINESNITESNITONNOINTNOISENONESNONETNONISNOTESOINTSONSETSENTISETONSIENTSONNESTEINSTENOSTONESTONNTEINSTENNOTENONTINESTOISETONESTONNE
4 letter words (38)
EONSINNSINTOIONSNEONNESTNETSNIESNINENITENITSNOESNONENONINOSENOTEOINTONESONIEONSTSENTSIENSINESITESNITSNOTSONESTENSTIETEINTENSTIESTINETINSTOESTONETONSTOSE
3 letter words (35)
ENSEONESTINNINSIONIOSISOITSNETNIENISNITNONNOSNOTOESOISONEONSOSESEISENSETSINSITSONSOTTENTESTIETINTISTOETON
2 letter words (19)
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