What DERRISES Means
DERRISES is a form of DERRIS, which means:
- noun: any of various usually woody vines of the genus Derris of tropical Asia whose roots yield the insecticide rotenone; several are sources of native fish and arrow poisons
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DERRISES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 R1 R1 I1 S1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of DERRISES (3)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DERRISES
147 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 (12)
6 letter words (23)
DERRISDESIREDIESESDRERESDRIERSEIDERSREIRDSREISESRERISERESIDERESIDSRIDERSRISERSSEDERSSEISEDSEISERSERIESSERREDSERRESSIDERSSIREESSIRREDSIRREE
5 letter words (38)
DEERSDERESDESSEDIRERDREESDREREDRESSDRIERDRIESEIDERERREDERSESIDEESREDESREEDSREIRDRESESRESIDRIDERRIDESRISERRISESSEDERSEDESSEEDSSEERSSEIRSSEISESEREDSERERSERESSERRESERRSSIDERSIDESSIREDSIREESIRES
4 letter words (40)
DEERDEESDEREDESIDIESDIREDISSDREEEIDEEREDERESERRSESESESSEIDEEIDESIREDIRESREDEREDSREEDREESREISRIDERIDSRISESEEDSEERSEESSEIRSEISSERESERRSERSSESESIDESIESSIRESIRSSRIS
3 letter words (24)
2 letter words (10)
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