TRACES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What TRACES Means

TRACES is a form of TRACE, which means:

verb: follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something“We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba”
verb: make a mark or lines on a surface“draw a line”
noun: a just detectable amount“he speaks French with a trace of an accent”
noun: an indication that something has been present“there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRACES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 R1 A1 C3 E1 S1.

Anagrams of TRACES (8)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

CARETS CARTES CASTER CATERS CRATES CRESTA REACTS RECAST

Words Made From The Letters In TRACES

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.

5 letter words (39)

ACERS ACRES ARETS ASTER CARES CARET CARSE CARTE CARTS CASTE CATER CATES CERTS CESTA CRATE CREST EARST ESCAR RACES RATES REACT REAST RECTA RESAT SCARE SCART SCEAT SCRAE SCRAT SERAC STARE STEAR STRAE TACES TARES TASER TEARS TERAS TRACE

4 letter words (50)

3 letter words (36)

ACE ACT ARC ARE ARS ART ATE ATS CAR CAT EAR EAS EAT ERA ERS EST ETA RAS RAT REC RES RET SAC SAE SAR SAT SEA SEC SER SET TAE TAR TAS TEA TEC TES

2 letter words (12)

AE AR AS AT EA ER ES ET RE ST TA TE

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.

TRACES