What DOVETAIL Means
- noun: a mortise joint formed by interlocking tenons and mortises
- verb: fit together tightly, as if by means of a dovetail
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DOVETAIL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 V4 E1 T1 A1 I1 L1.
Anagrams of DOVETAIL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DOVETAIL
279 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 (1)
6 letter words (15)
5 letter words (56)
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4 letter words (113)
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3 letter words (68)
ADOAIDAILAITALEALTATEAVEAVODAEDALDEIDELDEVDIEDITDIVDOEDOLDOTEATELDELTETAEVOIDEITALADLATLAVLEALEDLEILETLEVLIDLIELITLODLOTOATODAODEOILOLDOLEOVATADTAETAITAOTAVTEATEDTELTIDTIETILTODTOEVAEVATVETVIAVIDVIEVOEVOL
2 letter words (26)
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