What WIRETAP Means
- noun: the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information
- verb: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information“The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WIRETAP is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 I1 R1 E1 T1 A1 P3.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In WIRETAP
166 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 (6)
5 letter words (34)
APERTAPTERATRIPIRATEPAIREPARTIPATERPAWERPEARTPERAIPETARPETRIPEWITPIERTPIETAPRATERETIATAPERTAPIRTAWERTAWIETERAITRAPETRIPETWERPTWIERTWIRETWIRPWAITEWATERWIPERWRAPTWRATEWRITE
4 letter words (53)
AIRTAPERARETAREWARTIPAIRPAREPARTPATEPEARPEATPERIPERTPIERPIETPITAPRATRAITRAPTRATEREAPRIPERIPTRITETAPETARETARPTEARTEPATIARTIERTIRETRAPTREWTRIETRIPTWAEWAIRWAITWAREWARPWARTWATEWEARWEIRWEPTWERTWETAWIPEWIREWITEWRAPWRIT
3 letter words (56)
AIRAITAPEAPTAREARTATEAWEEAREATERAETAEWTIREITAPARPATPAWPEAPERPETPEWPIAPIEPIRPITPRERAIRAPRATRAWREIREPRETREWRIARIPRITTAETAITAPTARTAWTEATEWTIETIPTWATWPWAEWAIWAPWARWATWETWIT
2 letter words (17)
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