DELETIONS

9 letters, 10 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What DELETIONS Means

DELETIONS is a form of DELETION, which means:

noun: any process whereby sounds or words are left out of spoken words or phrases
noun: (genetics) the loss or absence of one or more nucleotides from a chromosome

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DELETIONS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 L1 E1 T1 I1 O1 N1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DELETIONS

615 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 (11)

DELETION ENLISTED ENTOILED ESLOINED LENTOIDS LESIONED LINTSEED LISTENED NOSELITE SIDENOTE TINSELED

7 letter words (31)

6 letter words (93)

5 letter words (170)

DEENS DEETS DEILS DEIST DELES DELIS DELOS DELTS DENES DENET DENIS DENSE DENTS DIENE DIETS DINES DINOS DINTS DIOLS DITES DOEST DOILT DOITS DOLES DOLTS DONEE DOTES EDILE EDITS EIDOS EILDS EISEL ELDIN ELIDE ELINT ELITE ELOIN ELSIN ENLIT ENOLS EOSIN ESILE ETENS IDEES IDENT IDLES IDOLS INDOL INLET INSET INTEL ISLED ISLET ISTLE LEETS LENDS LENES LENIS LENOS LENSE LENTI LENTO LEONE LIDOS LIENS LINDS LINED LINES LINOS LINTS LIONS LITED LITES LODEN LODES LOIDS LOINS LOSED LOSEN LOTES NEEDS NEELD NEIST NELIS NETES NIDES NITES NODES NOELS NOILS NOISE NOLES NOSED NOTED NOTES ODIST OILED OINTS OLDEN OLDIE OLEIN OLENT ONSET SDEIN SEELD SEINE SENTE SENTI SETON SIDLE SIELD SIENT SILED SILEN SINED SITED SLEET SLIDE SLOID SNEED SNIDE SOLDE SOLDI SOLED SOLEI SOLID SONDE STEDE STEED STEEL STEEN STEIL STEIN STELE STEND STENO STIED STILE STOLE STOLN STOND STONE TEELS TEEND TEENS TEILS TEIND TEINS TELES TELOI TELOS TENDS TENES TENSE TIDES TILDE TILED TILES TINDS TINED TINES TOILE TOILS TOISE TOLED TOLES TONDI TONED TONES TOSED

4 letter words (190)

3 letter words (91)

DEE DEI DEL DEN DIE DIN DIS DIT DOE DOL DON DOS DOT DSO EDS EEL EEN ELD ELS ELT END ENE ENS EON EST IDE IDS INS ION IOS ISO ITS LED LEE LEI LES LET LID LIE LIN LIS LIT LOD LOS LOT NED NEE NET NID NIE NIL NIS NIT NOD NOS NOT ODE ODS OES OIL OIS OLD OLE ONE ONS OSE SED SEE SEI SEL SEN SET SIN SIT SOD SOL SON SOT TED TEE TEL TEN TES TID TIE TIL TIN TIS TOD TOE TON

2 letter words (29)

DE DI DO ED EE EL EN ES ET ID IN IO IS IT LI LO NE NO OD OE OI ON OS SI SO ST TE TI TO

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