What THEORY Means
- noun: a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena“theories can incorporate facts and laws and tested hypotheses”
- noun: a tentative insight into the natural world; a concept that is not yet verified but that if true would explain certain facts or phenomena“a scientific hypothesis that survives experimental testing becomes a scientific theory”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
THEORY is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 H4 E1 O1 R1 Y4.
Words Made From The Letters In THEORY
67 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.
5 letter words (3)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (29)
2 letter words (14)
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