What EXTORTION Means
- noun: an exorbitant charge
- noun: unjust exaction (as by the misuse of authority)“the extortion by dishonest officials of fees for performing their sworn duty”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
EXTORTION is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as E1 X8 T1 O1 R1 T1 I1 O1 N1.
Words Made From The Letters In EXTORTION
174 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 (3)
6 letter words (18)
ENROOTEXTORTINTORTNITROXNORITEOREXINORIENTRETINTROTTENTINTERTONIERTONITETOONIETOORIETOOTERTORTENTOXINETRITON
5 letter words (30)
ETTININERTINTERINTROIRONENITERNITRENITRONIXERNOOITNOTEROORIEOTTEROXTERRONEORONTEROTONROTTETENORTETRITITERTITRETONERTOROTTORTETOTERTOXINTRINETRITETRONE
4 letter words (61)
EXITEXONINROINTOIRONNETTNEXTNITENIXENOIRNORINOTENOTTOINTONERONIEONTOOONTOTTOOXENOXERREINRENTRINERIOTRITERITTROINRONERONTROONROOTROTEROTIROTOTEINTENTTERNTEXTTIERTINETINTTIRETIROTITETOITTONETOONTOOTTORETORITORNTOROTORTTOTETRETTRIETRINTRIOTRONTROT
3 letter words (42)
EONERNEXOIONIRENETNIENITNIXNOONORNOTNOXONEONOOONOOROOTOREORTOXOREIRENREORETREXRINRITROEROOROTTENTETTEXTIETINTIXTOETONTOOTORTOT
2 letter words (20)
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