AFFRICATES

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What AFFRICATES Means

AFFRICATES is a form of AFFRICATE, which means:

noun: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’)

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AFFRICATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 F4 F4 R1 I1 C3 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In AFFRICATES

583 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.

9 letter words (1)

8 letter words (5)

AFFAIRES FASCIATE FRASCATI SEACRAFT TRAFFICS

7 letter words (31)

6 letter words (92)

5 letter words (179)

AARTI ACAIS ACARI ACERS ACETA ACRES AECIA AESIR AFARS AFEAR AFIRE AFRIT AFTER AIRTS AREAS ARECA AREIC ARETS ARIAS ARISE ARTIC ARTIS ASTER ASTIR ATRIA CAFES CAFFS CARAT CARES CARET CARSE CARTA CARTE CARTS CASTE CATER CATES CERIA CERTS CESTA CESTI CIRES CITER CITES CRAFT CRATE CREST CRIAS CRIES CRISE CRITS EARST ERICA ERICS ESCAR FACER FACES FACET FACIA FACTS FAIRS FARCE FARCI FARES FARSE FARTS FASCI FASTI FATES FEARS FEART FEAST FEATS FECIT FEIST FERIA FESTA FETAS FIARS FIATS FICES FIEFS FIERS FIEST FIFER FIFES FIRES FIRST FRACT FRATE FRATI FRATS FREIT FRETS FRIES FRISE FRIST FRITS ICERS IFTAR IRATE RACES RAFFS RAFTS RAIAS RAISE RAITA RAITS RASTA RATAS RATES REACT REAST REATA RECIT RECTA RECTI REFIT REIFS REIST RESAT RESIT RETIA RIATA RICES RIFFS RIFTE RIFTS RITES SACRA SAFER SAICE SATAI SCAFF SCARE SCARF SCART SCEAT SCRAE SCRAT SERAC SERAI SERIC SERIF SITAR STAFF STAIR STARE STEAR STIFF STIRE STRAE STRIA TACES TAFIA TAIRA TARAS TARES TARSI TASAR TASER TEARS TEFFS TERAI TERAS TERFS TIARA TIARS TICES TIERS TIFFS TIRES TRACE TREFA TREIF TRIAC TRICE TRIES TRIFF

4 letter words (166)

3 letter words (87)

AAS ACE ACT AFF AFT AIA AIR AIS AIT ARC ARE ARF ARS ART ATE ATS CAA CAR CAT CIS CIT EAR EAS EAT EFF EFS EFT ERA ERF ERS EST ETA FAA FAE FAR FAS FAT FER FES FET FIE FIR FIT FRA ICE IFF IFS IRE ITA ITS RAI RAS RAT REC REF REI RES RET RIA RIF RIT SAC SAE SAI SAR SAT SEA SEC SEI SER SET SIC SIF SIR SIT SRI TAE TAI TAR TAS TEA TEC TEF TES TIC TIE TIS

2 letter words (22)

AA AE AI AR AS AT EA EF ER ES ET FA FE IF IS IT RE SI ST TA TE TI

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