APPREHENDS

10 letters, 18 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What APPREHENDS Means

APPREHENDS is a form of APPREHEND, which means:

verb: get the meaning of something“Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?”
verb: take into custody“the police nabbed the suspected criminals”

Similar words

GROK COMPREHEND SAVVY DIG GRASP COMPASS COLLAR NAIL ARREST NAB

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

APPREHENDS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 P3 P3 R1 E1 H4 E1 N1 D2 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In APPREHENDS

619 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 (5)

APPREHEND ENDPAPERS PRESHAPED SHARPENED SNAPPERED

8 letter words (9)

ENDPAPER EPHEDRAS HAPPENED PARPENDS PERPENDS PREHENDS PRESHAPE RESHAPED SANDPEEP

7 letter words (46)

6 letter words (111)

5 letter words (171)

AEDES APERS APRES AREDE ARENE ARPEN ASHED ASHEN ASPEN ASPER DARES DARNS DEANS DEARE DEARN DEARS DEASH DEENS DEEPS DEERS DENAR DENES DENSE DERES DERNS DRAPE DRAPS DREES EANED EARDS EARED EARNS EASED EASER ENDER EPHAS ERASE ERNED ERNES HADES HANDS HANSE HARDS HARED HARES HARNS HARPS HEADS HEAPS HEARD HEARE HEARS HEDER HEEDS HENDS HEPAR HERDS HERES HERNS HERSE NAPED NAPES NAPPE NARDS NARES NEAPS NEARS NEEDS NEEPS NEPER NERDS PADRE PANDS PANED PANES PAPER PAPES PARDS PARED PARES PARPS PARSE PEANS PEARE PEARS PEASE PEDES PEENS PEEPS PEERS PENDS PENED PENES PEREA PERES PERNS PERPS PERSE PHARE PHASE PHEER PHENE PHESE PRADS PRASE PREED PREEN PREES PREPS PRESA PRESE RAHED RANDS RANEE RAPHE RAPPE RASED READS REANS REAPS REDAN REDES REEDS REENS RENDS REPPS RHEAS SADHE SANED SANER SARED SAREE SEARE SEDAN SEDER SEPAD SERED SHADE SHAND SHAPE SHARD SHARE SHARN SHARP SHEAR SHEEN SHEEP SHEER SHEND SHERD SHERE SHRED SNARE SNEAD SNEAP SNEED SNEER SPADE SPAED SPAER SPANE SPARD SPARE SPEAN SPEAR SPEED SPEER SPEND SPRAD SPRED SPREE

4 letter words (166)

3 letter words (88)

ADS AHS AND ANE ANS APE APP ARD ARE ARS ASH ASP DAE DAH DAN DAP DAS DEE DEN EAN EAR EAS EDH EDS EEN EHS END ENE ENS ERA ERE ERN ERS HAD HAE HAN HAP HAS HEN HEP HER HES NAE NAH NAP NAS NED NEE NEP PAD PAH PAN PAP PAR PAS PEA PED PEE PEH PEN PEP PER PES PRE RAD RAH RAN RAP RAS RED REE REH REN REP RES SAD SAE SAN SAP SAR SEA SED SEE SEN SER SHA SHE SPA

2 letter words (23)

AD AE AH AN AR AS DA DE EA ED EE EH EN ER ES HA HE NA NE PA PE RE SH

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