What COMPANDER Means
- noun: a system for improving the signal-to-noise ratio of a signal at a transmitter or recorder by first compressing the volume range of the signal and then restoring it to its original amplitude level at the receiving or reproducing apparatus.
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
COMPANDER is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 M3 P3 A1 N1 D2 E1 R1.
Anagrams of COMPANDER (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In COMPANDER
517 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 (5)
7 letter words (21)
ACORNEDAPRONEDCAROMEDCOMPANDCOMPARECOMPEARCOMPENDCOMRADECRAMPEDCRAMPONCREMONADRACONEMADRONEMANROPEOPERANDPADRONEPANDOREPRANCEDREPOMANROADMENROMANCE
6 letter words (69)
ACNODEAMORCEANCOMEAPEDOMCAMPEDCAMPERCANDORCANOEDCANOERCARDONCARMENCARPEDCEDARNCOMADECOMPEDCOMPERCONDERCORNEACORNEDCRANEDCRAPEDCREPONCROMEDDACRONDAEMONDAMNERDAMPENDAMPERDANCERDEACONDECAMPEARCONECOMAPENAMORENCAMPMACRONMANREDMOANEDMOANERMODENAMODERNMONERAMOPANEMORNEDNACREDNOMADENORMEDPANDERPARDONPEACODPERNODPOMACEPOMADEPONCEDPONDERPRANCEPREMANRADOMERAMPEDRANCEDRANDEMRANDOMREDCAPREMANDREPANDROAMEDRODMANRODMENROMPED
5 letter words (125)
ACNEDACORNACREDADMENADOREADORNAMENDAMPEDANDROANODEAPODEAPRONARCEDARMEDARPENCADRECAMEOCAMPOCANEDCANERCANOECAPEDCAPERCAPONCAREDCAROMCARONCEDARCODENCODERCOMAECOMERCONEDCOPEDCOPENCOPERCOPRACORAMCOREDCRAMECRAMPCRANECRAPECREAMCREDOCRENACROMECRONEDANCEDEARNDECORDEMANDEMONDENARDERMADONERDOPERDRACODRAPEDREAMDROMEDRONEENARMENORMMACEDMACERMACONMACROMADREMANEDMANORMARONMENADMODERMONADMONDEMONERMOPEDMOPERMORAEMORNENACRENAMEDNAMERNAPEDNARCONOMADNORMAOAREDOCEANOCREAONCEROPERAOREADPACEDPACERPADREPAEDOPAEONPANCEPANEDPAREDPAREOPECANPEDROPONCEPORAEPOREDPREONPROEMPRONERACEDRACONRADONRAMENRANCERECAPRECONREDANREDONREMANREMAPROMANRONDEROPED
4 letter words (163)
ACEDACERACMEACNEACREAEONAEROAMENANCEAPEDAPERAPODARCOAREDCADECAMECAMOCAMPCANECAPECAPOCARDCARECARNCARPCEROCODACODECOEDCOMACOMECOMPCONDCONECOPECORDCORECORMCORNCRAMCRANCREDCREMCROPDACEDAMEDAMPDAREDARNDEANDEARDECODEMODERMDERNDERODOENDOERDOMEDONADONEDOPADOPEDOREDORMDORPDRACDRAMDRAPDROPEARDEARNECADECODEOANMACEMADEMANDMANEMANOMARCMARDMAREMEADMEANMENDMENOMERCMOANMODEMOERMONAMOPEMORAMOREMORNNAMENAPENARCNARDNARENEAPNEARNEMANERDNODENOMANOMENOPENORMODEAOMENOMERONCEONEROPEDOPENORADORCAPACEPACOPANDPANEPARDPAREPEANPEARPENDPEONPERMPERNPOEMPOMEPONDPONEPOREPRADPRAMPRAOPREMPROAPRODPROMRACERADERAMPRANDREADREAMREANREAPREDORENDREPOROADROAMROANRODEROEDROMAROMPRONEROPE
3 letter words (105)
ACEADOAMEAMPANDANEAPEAPOARCARDAREARMCADCAMCANCAPCARCEPCODCONCOPCORDAEDAMDANDAPDENDOCDOEDOMDONDOPDOREANEARECOEMOENDEONERAERMERNMACMADMAEMANMAPMARMEDMENMNAMOAMOCMODMOEMONMOPMORNAENAMNAPNEDNEPNODNOMNOROAROCAODAODEONEOPEORAORCORDOREPACPADPAMPANPARPEAPECPEDPENPERPOAPODPOMPREPRORADRAMRANRAPRECREDREMRENREOREPROCRODROEROM
2 letter words (29)
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