ENCOUNTERS

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What ENCOUNTERS Means

ENCOUNTERS is a form of ENCOUNTER, which means:

verb: come together“I'll probably see you at the meeting”
verb: come upon, as if by accident; meet with“We find this idea in Plato”
noun: a minor short-term fight
noun: a casual or unexpected convergence“he still remembers their meeting in Paris”

Similar words

MEET SEE FIND HAPPEN CHANCE BUMP BRUSH CLASH SKIRMISH MEETING

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

ENCOUNTERS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 N1 C3 O1 U1 N1 T1 E1 R1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In ENCOUNTERS

648 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.

9 letter words (7)

CONSENTER CRETONNES ENCOUNTER NOCTURNES NONSECRET NONSECURE RENOUNCES

8 letter words (19)

CENTNERS CENTONES COENURES CONSTRUE CORNUTES COUNTERS CRETONNE ENOUNCES ENTERONS NEURONES NEUTRONS NOCTURNE NOCTURNS ONSCREEN RECOUNTS RENOUNCE TENONERS TROUNCES UNSECRET

7 letter words (57)

6 letter words (131)

5 letter words (181)

CENSE CENTO CENTS CENTU CERES CERNE CEROS CERTS CETES CONES CONNE CONNS CONTE CONUS CORES CORNS CORNU CORSE COSET COSTE COTES COUNT COURE COURS COURT CREES CREST CRONE CROST CROUT CRUES CRUET CRUSE CRUST CTENE CURES CURET CURNS CURSE CURST CUTER CUTES ECRUS ENSUE ENTER ENURE ENURN ERECT ERNES EROSE ERUCT ESCOT ESTER ESTOC ESTRO ETENS EUROS NENES NEONS NERTS NETES NONCE NONES NONET NOSER NOTER NOTES NOUNS NURSE NUTSO ONCER ONCES ONCET ONCUS ONERS ONSET OUENS OUNCE OUTER OUTRE RECON RECTO RECUT REENS REEST RENNE RENTE RENTS RESET RESTO REUSE RONES RONNE RONTE RONTS ROSET ROTES ROUEN ROUES ROUSE ROUST ROUTE ROUTS RUNES RUNTS SCENE SCENT SCONE SCORE SCORN SCOUR SCOUT SCREE SCUTE SENOR SENTE SERON SETON SNEER SNORE SNORT SNOUT SONCE SONNE SOREE SOUCE SOUCT STEEN STEER STENO STERE STERN STONE STONN STORE STOUN STOUR STURE SUCRE SUENT SUTOR TEENS TEERS TENES TENNE TENNO TENON TENOR TENSE TENUE TERCE TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TONER TONES TONNE TONUS TORCS TORES TORSE TORUS TOUNS TOURS TOUSE TREEN TREES TRONC TRONE TRONS TRUCE TRUES TUNER TUNES TURNS UNCES UNCOS UNSET URENT URSON

4 letter words (151)

3 letter words (80)

CEE CON COR COS COT CRU CUE CUR CUT ECO ECU EEN ENE ENS EON ERE ERN ERS EST NEE NET NON NOR NOS NOT NUN NUR NUS NUT OES ONE ONS ORC ORE ORS ORT OSE OUR OUS OUT REC REE REN REO RES RET ROC ROE ROT RUC RUE RUN RUT SEC SEE SEN SER SET SOC SON SOT SOU SUE SUN SUR TEC TEE TEN TES TOC TOE TON TOR TUN UNS URE URN USE UTE UTS

2 letter words (22)

EE EN ER ES ET NE NO NU OE ON OR OS OU RE SO ST TE TO UN UR US UT

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