TRIODES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What TRIODES Means

TRIODES is a form of TRIODE, which means:

noun: a thermionic vacuum tube having three electrodes; fluctuations of the charge on the grid control the flow from cathode to anode which makes amplification possible

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TRIODES 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 T1 R1 I1 O1 D2 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of TRIODES (6)

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

EDITORS ROISTED ROSITED SORTIED STEROID STORIED

Words Made From The Letters In TRIODES

245 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 (24)

DIREST DORIES DORISE DOTERS DOTIER DRIEST DROITS EDITOR RIOTED ROESTI ROSIED ROSTED SORTED SORTIE STIRED STORED STRIDE STRODE TIROES TODIES TORIES TRIODE TRIOSE TRODES

5 letter words (65)

4 letter words (79)

3 letter words (54)

DEI DIE DIS DIT DOE DOR DOS DOT DSO EDS ERS EST IDE IDS IOS IRE ISO ITS ODE ODS OES OIS ORD ORE ORS ORT OSE RED REI REO RES RET RID RIT ROD ROE ROT SED SEI SER SET SIR SIT SOD SOT SRI TED TES TID TIE TIS TOD TOE TOR

2 letter words (23)

DE DI DO ED ER ES ET ID IO IS IT OD OE OI OR OS RE SI SO ST TE TI TO

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