What EXPLAINS Means
EXPLAINS is a form of EXPLAIN, which means:
- verb: make plain and comprehensible“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
- verb: define“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXPLAINS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 P3 L1 A1 I1 N1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In EXPLAINS
317 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 (27)
ALEXINALIENSALINESALPINEASPINEELAINSESPIALLAIPSELAPINSLIANESLIPASEPANELSPENIALPENSILPILEASPINEALPIXELSPLAINSPLANESSALINESILANESPINAESPINALSPINELSPLINEXENIALXENIAS
5 letter words (86)
AISLEALIENALINEANILEANILSANISEASPENAXELSAXILEAXILSAXLESELAINELANSELSINISNAELANESLAPINLAPISLAPSELAXESLEANSLEAPSLENISLEXISLIANELIENSLINESLIPASNAILSNAPESNEALSNEAPSNELISNIPASNIXESPAILSPAINSPAISEPALESPANELPANESPAXESPEALSPEANSPEINSPELASPENALPIANSPILEAPILESPINASPINESPIXELPIXESPLAINPLANEPLANSPLEASPLENAPLIESSAINESALEPSALIXSEPALSEPIASILENSILEXSLAINSLANESLIPESNAILSNEAPSNIPESPAILSPAINSPALESPANESPEALSPEANSPEILSPIALSPIELSPILESPINASPINEXENIA
4 letter words (108)
AILSAINEAINSALESALPSANESANILANISAPESAPEXAPSEAXELAXESAXILAXISAXLEEANSEINAELANILEAILEXISLEISNALAINLANELANXLAPSLASELEANLEAPLEASLEISLENSLEPSLIASLIENLIESLINELINSLIPALIPELIPSLISPNAILNAPENAPSNEALNEAPNEPSNIESNILSNIPANIPSNIXEPAILPAINPAISPALEPALSPANEPANSPASEPEALPEANPEASPEINPELAPELSPENIPENSPIALPIANPIASPIESPILAPILEPINAPINEPINSPISEPLANPLEAPLEXPLIESAILSAINSALESALPSANESAXESEALSEANSEILSENASIALSIENSILESINESIPESLAESLAPSLIPSNAPSNIPSPAESPANSPIESPIN
3 letter words (67)
AILAINAISALEALPALSANEANIANSAPEASPAXEEANEASELSENSINSLAPLASLAXLEALEILEPLESLEXLIELINLIPLISNAENAPNASNEPNIENILNIPNISNIXPALPANPASPAXPEAPELPENPESPIAPIEPINPISPIXPSISAESAISALSANSAPSAXSEASEISELSENSINSIPSIXSPAXIS
2 letter words (22)
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