What FLOODGATE Means
- noun: something that restrains a flood or outpouring“suspension of surveillance opened the floodgates to illegal immigrants”
- noun: regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FLOODGATE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 L1 O1 O1 D2 G2 A1 T1 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In FLOODGATE
283 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.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (6)
6 letter words (23)
DOGATEDOTAGEFEODALFOALEDFODGELFOETALFOLATEFOOLEDFOOTEDFOOTLEGALOOTGAOLEDGELATOGOALEDGOLFEDGOOFEDLEGATOLOAFEDLOFTEDLOOTEDTOGAEDTOLEDOTOOLED
5 letter words (38)
AFOOTAGLETAGLOOAGOODALEFTALOEDALOFTALOOFDEALTDEFATDEFOGDELFTDELTADOOLEDOTALFADGEFATEDFETALFLOATFLOODFLOTAFLOTEFOGLEGATEDGLADEGLOATGLODEGODETGOOLDLATEDLODGELOOEDLOOFAOFLAGOGLEDTOGAETOGEDTOLED
4 letter words (109)
AGEDALEFALODALOEALOOALTODAFTDAGODALEDALTDATEDATODEAFDEALDEFODEFTDELFDELODELTDOATDOGEDOLEDOLTDOOLDOTEEGADEGALFADEFADOFATEFEALFEATFELTFEODFETAFLAGFLATFLEAFLEDFLEGFLOEFLOGFOALFOLDFOODFOOLFOOTGADEGAEDGALEGAOLGATEGEALGEATGELDGELTGETAGLADGLEDGOADGOAFGOALGOATGOELGOLDGOLEGOLFGOODGOOFGOOLLADELATELEADLEAFLEATLEFTLOADLOAFLODELOFTLOGELOGOLOOFLOOTLOTALOTELOTOODALODEAOGLEOLDEOLEAOLEOTAEDTAELTALETEADTEALTELATELDTOADTOEATOEDTOGATOGETOLATOLDTOLETOOL
3 letter words (81)
ADOAFTAGEAGOALEALFALTATEDAEDAGDALDEFDEGDELDOEDOFDOGDOLDOODOTEATEFTEGOELDELFELTETAFADFAEFATFEDFEGFETFOEFOGGADGAEGALGATGEDGELGEOGETGOAGODGOEGOOGOTLADLAGLATLEALEDLEGLETLODLOGLOOLOTOAFOATODAODEOFTOLDOLEOOFOOTTADTAETAGTAOTEATEDTEFTEGTELTODTOETOGTOO
2 letter words (25)
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