What TINKERS Means
TINKERS is a form of TINKER, which means:
- noun: a person who enjoys fixing and experimenting with machines and their parts
- noun: formerly a person (traditionally a Gypsy) who traveled from place to place mending pots and kettles and other metal utensils as a way to earn a living
- verb: do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly“The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house”
- verb: work as a tinker or tinkerer
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TINKERS 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 T1 I1 N1 K5 E1 R1 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 TINKERS (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TINKERS
215 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 (17)
5 letter words (59)
4 letter words (80)
3 letter words (45)
2 letter words (14)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.