DESTAIN

What It Scores

DESTAIN is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 T1 A1 I1 N1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of DESTAIN (6)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

DETAINS INSTEAD NIDATES SAINTED SATINED STAINED

Words Made From The Letters In DESTAIN

283 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.

6 letter words (13)

DAINES DETAIN IDANTS IDENTS NIDATE SAINED SDAINE SEITAN STANED TEINDS TENIAS TINEAS TISANE

5 letter words (73)

4 letter words (104)

3 letter words (68)

ADS AID AIN AIS AIT AND ANE ANI ANS ANT ATE ATS DAE DAN DAS DEI DEN DIE DIN DIS DIT EAN EAS EAT EDS END ENS EST ETA IDE IDS INS ITA ITS NAE NAS NAT NED NET NID NIE NIS NIT SAD SAE SAI SAN SAT SEA SED SEI SEN SET SIN SIT TAD TAE TAI TAN TAS TEA TED TEN TES TID TIE TIN TIS

2 letter words (25)

AD AE AI AN AS AT DA DE DI EA ED EN ES ET ID IN IS IT NA NE SI ST TA TE TI

Next: the full rack page for these seven tiles, and the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.