What DICTATES Means
DICTATES is a form of DICTATE, which means:
- verb: issue commands or orders for
- verb: say out loud for the purpose of recording“He dictated a report to his secretary”
- noun: an authoritative rule
- noun: a guiding principle“the dictates of reason”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DICTATES 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 I1 C3 T1 A1 T1 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In DICTATES
259 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 (7)
6 letter words (17)
ATTICSCADETSCADIESCASTEDCATTEDCATTIECISTEDDACITEDICASTEDICTSSCEATTSTACTESTATEDSTATICTASTEDTATIESTIETAC
5 letter words (64)
ACIDSACTEDADITSAIDESASDICASIDEATTICCADESCADETCADIECADISCAIDSCASEDCASTECATESCEDISCESTACESTICIDESCITEDCITESDACESDATESDEISTDIACTDICESDICTADICTSDIETSDITASDITESDITTSECADSEDICTEDITSETATSIDEASSAICESATEDSCATTSCEATSITEDSTADESTAIDSTATESTEADSTIEDTACESTACETTACITTACTSTAITSTASTETATESTATIETEADSTEATSTECTATESTATICEDTICESTIDESTSADETSADI
4 letter words (95)
ACEDACESACIDACTSADITAESCAIDEAIDSAITSASCIATESCADECADICADSCAIDCASECASTCATECATSCEASCEDICIDECIDSCISTCITECITSDACEDAESDAISDATEDESIDICEDICTDIESDIETDISADISCDITADITEDITSDITTEASTEATSECADEDITETASETATETICICEDICESIDEAIDESITASSADESADISAICSAIDSATESATISCADSEATSECTSETASETTSICESIDASIDESITESTATSTEDSTETSTIETACETACTTADSTAEDTAESTAISTAITTATETATSTEADTEASTEATTECSTEDSTESTTETSTICETICSTIDETIDSTIEDTIESTITE
3 letter words (56)
ACEACTADSAIDAISAITATEATSATTCADCATCIDCISCITDAEDASDEIDIEDISDITEASEATEDSESTETAICEIDEIDSITAITSSACSADSAESAISATSEASECSEDSEISETSICSITTADTAETAITASTATTEATECTEDTESTETTICTIDTIETIS
2 letter words (20)
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