What DISTRESS Means
- noun: psychological suffering“the death of his wife caused him great distress”
- noun: a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)“a ship in distress”
- verb: bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship
- verb: cause mental pain to“The news of her child's illness distressed the mother”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DISTRESS 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 I1 S1 T1 R1 E1 S1 S1.
Anagrams of DISTRESS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DISTRESS
152 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 (5)
6 letter words (16)
5 letter words (37)
DEISTDIETSDIRTSDITESDRESSDRESTDRIESEDITSREISTRESIDRESITRESTSRIDESRISESRITESSEIRSSIDERSIDESSIREDSIRESSISESSISTSSITEDSITESSTEDSSTIEDSTIESSTIRESTIRSTIDESTIERSTIREDTIRESTRESSTRIDETRIEDTRIES
4 letter words (49)
DESIDIESDIETDIREDIRTDISSDITEDITSEDITERSTESTSIDESIREDIRESREDSREISRESTRETSRIDERIDSRISERITERITSSEIRSEISSERSSESSSETSSIDESIESSIRESIRSSISSSISTSITESITSSRISSTEDSTIESTIRTEDSTIDETIDSTIEDTIERTIESTIRETRESTRIE
3 letter words (31)
2 letter words (14)
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