DERELICTS

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DERELICTS Means

DERELICTS is a form of DERELICT, which means:

adjective: worn and broken down by hard use“a creaky shack”
adjective: forsaken by owner or inhabitants“weed-grown yard of an abandoned farmhouse”
noun: a person without a home, job, or property
noun: a ship abandoned on the high seas

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DERELICTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 R1 E1 L1 I1 C3 T1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DERELICTS

527 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)

DERELICT DESERTIC DISCREET DISCRETE RELISTED RETICLES SCLEREID SCLERITE TIERCELS TRISCELE

7 letter words (32)

6 letter words (102)

5 letter words (157)

4 letter words (147)

3 letter words (62)

CEE CEL CID CIS CIT DEE DEI DEL DIE DIS DIT EDS EEL ELD ELS ELT ERE ERS EST ICE IDE IDS IRE ITS LED LEE LEI LES LET LID LIE LIS LIT REC RED REE REI RES RET RID RIT SEC SED SEE SEI SEL SER SET SIC SIR SIT SRI TEC TED TEE TEL TES TIC TID TIE TIL TIS

2 letter words (17)

DE DI ED EE EL ER ES ET ID IS IT LI RE SI ST TE TI

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