GALVANISES

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What GALVANISES Means

GALVANISES is a form of GALVANISE, which means:

verb: to stimulate to action“the loud noise startled him awake”
verb: cover with zinc“galvanize steel”

Similar words

STARTLE GALVANIZE

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GALVANISES 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 G2 A1 L1 V4 A1 N1 I1 S1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In GALVANISES

617 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 (1)

8 letter words (13)

ALGESIAS ENVASSAL GAINLESS GLASSINE LASAGNES LEASINGS LEAVINGS NASALISE SALSAING SALVAGES SALVINGS SEALINGS SLEAVING

7 letter words (55)

6 letter words (111)

5 letter words (178)

AEGIS AGAIN AGAVE AGILA AGILE AIGAS AINGA AISLE ALANE ALANG ALANS ALGAE ALGAS ALGIN ALIAS ALIEN ALIGN ALINE ALIVE ANGAS ANGEL ANGLE ANILE ANILS ANISE ANLAS ANSAE ANVIL ASSAI AVAIL AVALE AVELS AVENS AVGAS AVIAN AVINE AVISE ELAIN ELANS ELSIN ELVAN EVILS GAINS GALAS GALEA GALES GANEV GASES GAVEL GEALS GEANS GENAL GENAS GILAS GIVEN GIVES GLANS GLASS GLEAN GLEIS GLENS GLIAS INGLE ISLES ISNAE LAGAN LANAI LANAS LANES LASES LASSI LAVAS LAVES LEANS LENGS LENIS LEVIN LEVIS LIANA LIANE LIANG LIENS LIGAN LIGNE LINES LINGA LINGS LIVEN LIVES NAEVI NAGAS NAILS NAIVE NALAS NASAL NAVAL NAVEL NAVES NEALS NELIS NISSE NIVAL SAAGS SAGAS SAGES SAIGA SAILS SAINE SAINS SALES SALSA SALSE SALVE SANES SANGA SANGS SANSA SASIN SAVES SAVIN SEALS SEANS SEGNI SEILS SELVA SENAS SENGI SENSA SENSI SIALS SIENS SIGLA SIGNA SIGNS SILEN SILES SILVA SINES SINGE SINGS SISAL SLAES SLAGS SLAIN SLANE SLANG SLAVE SLING SLIVE SNAGS SNAIL SNIES SNIGS VAGAL VAILS VALES VALIS VALSE VANES VANGS VASAL VASES VEALS VEGAN VEGAS VEILS VEINS VENAL VIALS VIGAS VINAL VINAS VINES VISAS VISES VISNE VLEIS VLIES

4 letter words (163)

3 letter words (77)

AAL AAS AGA AGE AGS AIA AIL AIN AIS ALA ALE ALS ANA ANE ANI ANS AVA AVE EAN EAS ELS ENG ENS ESS GAE GAL GAN GAS GEL GEN GIE GIN GIS ING INS LAG LAS LAV LEA LEG LEI LES LEV LIE LIG LIN LIS NAE NAG NAS NEG NIE NIL NIS SAE SAG SAI SAL SAN SAV SEA SEG SEI SEL SEN SIN SIS VAE VAG VAN VAS VEG VIA VIE VIG VIN VIS

2 letter words (19)

AA AE AG AI AL AN AS EA EL EN ES GI IN IS LA LI NA NE SI

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