DERIVATION

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 5 vowels

What DERIVATION Means

noun: the source or origin from which something derives (i.e. comes or issues)“he prefers shoes of Italian derivation”
noun: (historical linguistics) an explanation of the historical origins of a word or phrase

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DERIVATION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 R1 I1 V4 A1 T1 I1 O1 N1.

Words Made From The Letters In DERIVATION

634 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.

9 letter words (2)

DEVIATION DIVINATOR

8 letter words (12)

AROINTED DAINTIER DERATION DEVIATOR DONATIVE IDEATION IODINATE ORDINATE RATIONED RETINOID TAENIOID VANITIED

7 letter words (34)

6 letter words (95)

5 letter words (157)

4 letter words (195)

3 letter words (107)

ADO AID AIN AIR AIT AND ANE ANI ANT ARD ARE ART ATE AVE AVO DAE DAN DEI DEN DEV DIE DIN DIT DIV DOE DON DOR DOT EAN EAR EAT END EON ERA ERN ETA EVO IDE ION IRE ITA NAE NAT NED NET NID NIE NIT NOD NOR NOT OAR OAT ODA ODE ONE ORA ORD ORE ORT OVA RAD RAI RAN RAT RAV RED REI REN REO RET REV RIA RID RIN RIT ROD ROE ROT TAD TAE TAI TAN TAO TAR TAV TEA TED TEN TID TIE TIN TOD TOE TON TOR VAE VAN VAR VAT VET VIA VID VIE VIN VOE VOR

2 letter words (32)

AD AE AI AN AR AT DA DE DI DO EA ED EN ER ET ID IN IO IT NA NE NO OD OE OI ON OR RE TA TE TI TO

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