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WILES

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What WILES Means

WILES is a form of WILE, which means:

  1. noun: the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

WILES 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 W4 I1 L1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of WILES (4)

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

Words Made From The Letters In WILES

28 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.

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (6)

Longer Words Containing WILES

WILES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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