AUTOCLAVES

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What AUTOCLAVES Means

AUTOCLAVES is a form of AUTOCLAVE, which means:

noun: a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
verb: subject to the action of an autoclave

Similar words

STERILIZER STERILISER

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

AUTOCLAVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as A1 U1 T1 O1 C3 L1 A1 V4 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In AUTOCLAVES

604 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 (2)

AUTOCLAVE VACUOLATE

8 letter words (12)

ACAULOSE AUTOSAVE AUTOVACS CATALOES COAEVALS LACTEOUS LOCUSTAE OSCULATE OVULATES VACUATES VACUOLES VALUATES

7 letter words (36)

6 letter words (81)

5 letter words (170)

ACETA ACUTE ALATE ALCOS ALECS ALOES ALTOS ASCOT ATLAS ATOCS ATUAS AULAS AULOS AUTOS AVALE AVAST AVELS CALOS CALVE CASTE CATES CAULS CAUSA CAUSE CAVAS CAVEL CAVES CELTS CESTA CLAES CLAST CLATS CLAUT CLAVE CLEAT CLOSE CLOTE CLOTS CLOUS CLOUT CLOVE CLUES COALA COALS COAST COATE COATS COLAS COLES COLTS COSET COSTA COSTE COTES COUTA COVES COVET CULET CULTS CUTES ECLAT ESCOT ESTOC EUSOL LACES LACET LAEVO LAVAS LAVES LEAST LEATS LEUCO LOAST LOAVE LOCUS LOTAS LOTES LOTUS LOUSE LOUTS LOVAT LOVES LUCES LUTEA LUTES OAVES OCTAL OCTAS OUSEL OVALS OVATE OVELS OVULE SALET SALTO SALUE SALVE SALVO SAOLA SAUCE SAULT SAUTE SCALA SCALE SCEAT SCOUT SCUTA SCUTE SELVA SETAL SLATE SLAVE SLOVE SOAVE SOCLE SOLVE SOUCE SOUCT STALE STAVE STEAL STELA STOAE STOLE STOVE SUAVE TAALS TACES TACOS TAELS TALAS TALCS TALEA TALES TALUS TAVAS TEALS TELCO TELOS TESLA TOEAS TOLAS TOLES TOLUS TOUSE TULES ULVAS UVEAL UVEAS VACUA VALES VALET VALSE VALUE VASAL VATUS VAULT VAUTE VAUTS VEALS VESTA VOCAL VOCES VOLAE VOLES VOLET VOLTA VOLTE VOLTS VOTES

4 letter words (186)

3 letter words (96)

AAL AAS ACE ACT ALA ALE ALS ALT ALU ATE ATS AUA AUE AVA AVE AVO CAA CAT CEL COL COS COT CUE CUT EAS EAT EAU ECO ECU ELS ELT EST ETA EVO LAC LAS LAT LAV LEA LES LET LEU LEV LOS LOT LOU LUV OAT OCA OES OLE OSE OUS OUT OVA SAC SAE SAL SAT SAU SAV SEA SEC SEL SET SOC SOL SOT SOU SOV SUE TAE TAO TAS TAU TAV TEA TEC TEL TES TOC TOE ULE USE UTA UTE UTS UVA VAC VAE VAS VAT VAU VET VOE VOL

2 letter words (21)

AA AE AL AS AT EA EL ES ET LA LO OE OS OU SO ST TA TE TO US UT

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