What APHERESIS Means
- noun: (linguistics) omission at the beginning of a word as in ‘coon’ for ‘raccoon’ or ‘till’ for ‘until’
- noun: a procedure in which blood is drawn and separated into its components by dialysis; some are retained and the rest are returned to the donor by transfusion
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
APHERESIS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 H4 E1 R1 E1 S1 I1 S1.
Anagrams of APHERESIS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In APHERESIS
473 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.
8 letter words (10)
7 letter words (42)
APERIESAPHESESAPHESISARISHESASPERSEASPIRESEPEIRASESPIERSHARPIESHEAPERSHEAPIERHEARSESHEIRESSHERISSEPARESESPARESISPARISESPHRASESPISHERSPRAESESPRAISESPREASESPREASSEPRESSIERASHIESRASPISHRESHAPERESHIPSSERAPESSERAPHSSERIPHSSHAPERSSHARPIESHERIASSHERPASSPAHEESSPHAERESPHAERSSPHEARESPHEARSSPHERESSPIREAS
6 letter words (98)
AERIESARISESASHIERASPERSASPIREASPISHEASERSEASIEREASIESEPEIRAEPRISEERASESESPIERESPIESHAERESHEAPERHEARESHEARIEHEARSEHEPARSHERIESHERPESHERSESHIREESHISSERPAIRESPARIESPARISHPARSESPASHESPASSEEPASSERPEARESPEASESPEISESPERAISPEREIAPERISHPERSESPHARESPHASESPHASISPHEERSPHESESPHRASEPISHERPISHESPRAISEPRASESPREASEPRESESPRISESRAISESRAPHESRAPHISRASHESRASHIEREISESREPASSRESHESRESHIPSAREESSEHRISSEISERSEPIASSERAISSERAPESERAPHSERIESSERIPHSHAPERSHAPESSHARESSHARPSSHEARSSHEERSSHERIASHERPASHIERSSHIRESSIREESSPAERSSPAHEESPAHISSPARESSPARSESPEARSSPEERSSPEIRSSPEISESPERSESPHAERSPHEARSPHERESPIERSSPIREASPIRESSPREES
5 letter words (124)
AERIEAESIRAPERSAPHISAPISHAPRESAPSESAPSISARISEARISHARSISASHESASPERASPISEASEREASESEPHASEPRISERASEERSESHAIRSHARESHARPSHASPSHEAPSHEAREHEARSHEIRSHEPARHERESHERSEHESPSHIREEHIRESISHESPAIREPAIRSPAISEPARESPARISPARSEPASESPASSEPEAREPEARSPEASEPEERSPEISEPERAIPEREAPERESPERISPERSEPHAREPHASEPHEERPHESEPIERSPISESPRASEPREESPRESAPRESEPRESSPRIESPRISEPRISSRAISERAPHERASESRASPSRASSEREAPSRESESRHEASRHIESRIPESRISESRISPSSAIRSSAREESARISSASERSEARESEARSSEASESEEPSSEERSSEHRISEIRSSEISESEPIASERAISERESSHAPESHAPSSHARESHARPSHEARSHEASSHEEPSHEERSHERESHIERSHIESSHIPSSHIRESHIRSSHRISSIPESSIREESIRESSPAERSPAESSPAHISPARESPARSSPEARSPEERSPEIRSPIERSPIESSPIRESPREE
4 letter words (111)
AHISAIRSAPERAPESAPSEARESARISASPSEARSEASEEISHEPHAERASERESESESESSEHAESHAIRHAPSHAREHARPHASPHASSHEAPHEARHEIRHEPSHEREHERSHESPHIESHIPSHIREHISSIRESPAHSPAIRPAISPAREPARSPASEPASHPASSPEARPEASPEERPEESPEHSPEREPERIPHISPIASPIERPIESPIRSPISEPISHPREEPSISRAHSRAISRAPSRASERASHRASPREAPREESREHSREISREPSRESHRHEARIASRIPERIPSRISERISPSAIRSAISSAPSSARISARSSASHSEARSEASSEEPSEERSEESSEIRSEISSEPSSERASERESERSSESESESHSHEASHESSHIPSHIRSHRISIESSIPESIPSSIRESIRSSPAESPARSPASSPIESRIS
3 letter words (68)
AHIAHSAIRAISAPEAREARSASHASPEAREASEHSERAEREERSESSHAEHAPHASHEPHERHESHIEHIPHISIREISHPAHPARPASPEAPEEPEHPERPESPHIPIAPIEPIRPISPREPSIRAHRAIRAPRASREEREHREIREPRESRIARIPSAESAISAPSARSEASEESEISERSHASHESIPSIRSISSPASRI
2 letter words (20)
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