What DELICATE Means
- adjective: exquisitely fine and subtle and pleasing; susceptible to injury“a delicate violin passage”
- adjective: marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique“a surgeon's delicate touch”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DELICATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 L1 I1 C3 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In DELICATE
220 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.
7 letter words (5)
6 letter words (17)
AEDILEATELICCEILEDCIELEDDACITEDECEITDECILEDELATEDELICEDELICTDELTICDETAILDILATEELATEDIDEATETAILEDTALCED
5 letter words (44)
ACTEDAILEDALCIDCADEECADETCADIECALIDCITALCITEDCLADECLEATCLIEDDEALTDECALDEICEDELTADIACTDICTADITALECLATEDICTEDILEELATEELECTELIADELIDEELITEICTALIDEALILEACLACEDLACETLATEDLITEDTEADETEAEDTELAETELIATELICTICALTICEDTIDALTILDETILED
4 letter words (82)
ACEDACIDADITAIDEALECALEEALITCADECADICAIDCATECEDECEDICEILCELTCETECIDECIELCITECLADCLATDACEDALEDALIDALTDATEDEALDEETDEILDELEDELIDELTDIALDICEDICTDIELDIETDITADITEEALEECADEDITEIDEEILDETICICEDIDEAIDEEIDLEILEALACELADELAICLAIDLATELATILEADLEATLEEDLEETLICELIEDLITETACETAEDTAELTAILTALCTALETALITEADTEALTEEDTEELTEILTELATELDTELETICETIDETIEDTILE
3 letter words (52)
ACEACTAIDAILAITALEALTATECADCATCEECELCIDCITDAEDALDEEDEIDELDIEDITEATEELELDELTETAICEIDEITALACLADLATLEALEDLEELEILETLIDLIELITTADTAETAITEATECTEDTEETELTICTIDTIETIL
2 letter words (20)
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