CROSSHEAD

9 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What CROSSHEAD Means

noun: a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text
noun: metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CROSSHEAD is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 R1 O1 S1 S1 H4 E1 A1 D2.

Words Made From The Letters In CROSSHEAD

562 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 (1)

7 letter words (24)

CHADORS CHAOSES CHASERS CHASSED CHORDAE CHOREAS COHEADS COSHERS CRASHED CRASHES CROSSED DASHERS ECHARDS ESCHARS ORACHES ROACHED ROACHES ROSACES SARCODE SARODES SCHRODS SCORSED SHADERS SHODERS

6 letter words (102)

5 letter words (159)

4 letter words (164)

3 letter words (87)

ACE ACH ADO ADS AHS ARC ARD ARE ARS ASH CAD CAR CHA CHE COD COR COS DAE DAH DAS DOC DOE DOH DOR DOS DSO EAR EAS ECH ECO EDH EDS EHS ERA ERS ESS HAD HAE HAO HAS HER HES HOA HOC HOD HOE HOS OAR OCA OCH ODA ODE ODS OES OHS ORA ORC ORD ORE ORS OSE RAD RAH RAS REC RED REH REO RES RHO ROC ROD ROE SAC SAD SAE SAR SEA SEC SED SER SHA SHE SOC SOD SOH SOS

2 letter words (25)

AD AE AH AR AS CH DA DE DO EA ED EH ER ES HA HE HO OD OE OH OR OS RE SH SO

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