What ELLIPSES Means
ELLIPSES is a form of ELLIPSE, which means:
- noun: a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it“the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”
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Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
ELLIPSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 L1 L1 I1 P3 S1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of ELLIPSES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In ELLIPSES
133 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 (4)
6 letter words (18)
EISELLEISELSESILESESPIESLISLESPEISESPLISSESELLESSESELISLEEPSSLIPESSPEELSSPEILSSPEISESPELLSSPIELSSPILESSPILLS
5 letter words (35)
EISELESILEISLESLEEPSLESESLISLELISPSPEELSPEISEPELESPELLSPILESPILLSPISESPLIESSEELSSEEPSSEILSSEISESELESSELLESELLSSILESSILLSSIPESSLEEPSLIPESLIPSSPEELSPEILSPELLSPIELSPIESSPILESPILL
4 letter words (45)
EELSELLSELSEESESESSEILLSISLELEEPLEESLEISLEPSLESSLIESLIPELIPSLISPPEELPEESPELEPELLPELSPIESPILEPILLPISEPLIEPSISSEELSEEPSEESSEILSEISSELESELLSELSSEPSSESESIESSILESILLSIPESIPSSLEESLIPSPIE
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (8)
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