GERMICIDAL

10 letters, 16 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What GERMICIDAL Means

adjective: preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

GERMICIDAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 E1 R1 M3 I1 C3 I1 D2 A1 L1.

Words Made From The Letters In GERMICIDAL

559 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 (4)

ALGICIDE DECIGRAM GRIMACED REMIGIAL

7 letter words (30)

6 letter words (73)

5 letter words (151)

4 letter words (188)

3 letter words (89)

ACE AGE AID AIL AIM AIR ALE AME AMI ARC ARD ARE ARM CAD CAG CAM CAR CEL CID CIG DAE DAG DAL DAM DEG DEI DEL DIE DIG DIM EAR ELD ELM ERA ERG ERM GAD GAE GAL GAM GAR GED GEL GEM GER GID GIE ICE IDE IRE LAC LAD LAG LAM LAR LEA LED LEG LEI LID LIE LIG MAC MAD MAE MAG MAL MAR MED MEG MEL MIC MID MIG MIL MIR RAD RAG RAI RAM REC RED REG REI REM RIA RID RIG RIM

2 letter words (23)

AD AE AG AI AL AM AR DA DE DI EA ED EL EM ER GI ID LA LI MA ME MI RE

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