COMPILERS

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What COMPILERS Means

COMPILERS is a form of COMPILER, which means:

noun: a person who compiles information (as for reference purposes)
noun: (computer science) a program that decodes instructions written in a higher order language and produces an assembly language program

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

COMPILERS 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 C3 O1 M3 P3 I1 L1 E1 R1 S1.

Anagrams of COMPILERS (1)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In COMPILERS

586 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)

COMPILER COMPILES COMPLIER COMPLIES COMPRISE CRIMPLES IMPLORES PELORISM POLEMICS POLICERS

7 letter words (28)

COILERS COMPELS COMPERS COMPILE COPIERS COPSIER CORMELS CRIMPLE IMPLORE IMPOSER LIMPERS MEROPIC MOILERS PELORIC PERSICO POLEMIC POLICER POLICES PRELIMS PROMISE RECOILS RIMPLES SEMIPRO SIMPLER SLOPIER SPERMIC SPLICER SPOILER

6 letter words (83)

5 letter words (172)

CEILS CELOM CEORL CEROS CIELS CIRES CIRLS CLEMS CLIES CLIME CLIPE CLIPS CLOMP CLOPS CLOSE COILS COIRS COLES COMER COMES COMPS COPER COPES COPSE CORES CORMS CORPS CORSE COSIE CREMS CREPS CRIES CRIME CRIMP CRIMS CRIOS CRIPE CRISE CRISP CROME CROPS ELOPS EMIRS EORLS EPICS EPRIS ERICS ICERS IMPEL LEIRS LERPS LIERS LIMES LIMOS LIMPS LIPOS LOIPE LOIRS LOMES LOPER LOPES LORES LORIC LORIS LOSER MELIC MERCS MERIL MERIS MERLS MESIC MICOS MICRO MILER MILES MILOR MILOS MIRES MIROS MISER MOERS MOILS MOIRE MOLES MOPER MOPES MOREL MORES MORSE OILER OLEIC OLPES OMERS ORIEL ORLES OSIER OSMIC PERIL PERIS PERMS PIERS PILER PILES PIRLS PISCO PLIER PLIES PLIMS POEMS POISE POLER POLES POLIS POMES PORES POSER PREMS PRICE PRIES PRIME PRIMO PRIMS PRISE PRISM PROEM PROLE PROMS PROSE RELIC REOIL REPOS RICES RIELS RIEMS RILES RIMES RIPES ROILS ROLES ROMPS ROPES SCLIM SCOPE SCORE SCRIM SCRIP SEPIC SERIC SILER SIROC SLICE SLIER SLIME SLIPE SLOPE SLORM SMILE SMORE SOCLE SOLEI SOLER SOREL SPEIL SPEIR SPERM SPICE SPIEL SPIER SPILE SPIRE SPOIL SPORE

4 letter words (177)

3 letter words (93)

CEL CEP CIS COL COP COR COS ECO ELM ELS EMO EMS ERM ERS ICE IMP IOS IRE ISM ISO LEI LEP LES LIE LIP LIS LOP LOR LOS MEL MES MIC MIL MIR MIS MOC MOE MOI MOL MOP MOR MOS OES OIL OIS OLE OLM OMS OPE OPS ORC ORE ORS OSE PEC PEL PER PES PIC PIE PIR PIS POI POL POM POS PRE PRO PSI REC REI REM REO REP RES RIM RIP ROC ROE ROM SEC SEI SEL SER SIC SIM SIP SIR SOC SOL SOM SOP SRI

2 letter words (23)

EL EM ER ES IO IS LI LO ME MI MO OE OI OM OP OR OS PE PI PO RE SI SO

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