What HANDCLAPS Means
HANDCLAPS is a form of HANDCLAP, which means:
- noun: a clap of the hands to indicate approval
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HANDCLAPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 N1 D2 C3 L1 A1 P3 S1.
Anagrams of HANDCLAPS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HANDCLAPS
212 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 (3)
6 letter words (18)
ADHANSALANDSALPHASASHCANCALASHCALPASCANALSCHALANCHANASDACHASHANAPSNACHASNAHALSPACHASPANDASPASCALPLANCHSANDAL
5 letter words (57)
ADHANALANDALANSALAPSALPHAANLASCALPACALPSCANALCAPASCAPHSCHADSCHALSCHANACHAPSCLADSCLANSCLAPSCLASHCLASPDAALSDACHADAHLSDHALSHADALHANAPHANDSHANSALANASLANCHLANDSNADASNAHALNALASNAPASNASALPAALSPAANSPACASPACHAPALASPANDAPANDSPASHAPLAASPLANSPLASHSALADSALPASAPANSCALASCALDSCALPSCANDSCAPASHANDSPALD
4 letter words (70)
AAHSAALSALANALAPALASALPSANASANDSANSACAASCADSCALPCANSCAPACAPHCAPSCASACASHCHADCHALCHAPCHASCLADCLANCLAPDAALDAHLDAHSDALSDANSDAPSDASHDHALHADSHANDHAPSHASPLACSLADSLAHSLANALANDLAPSLASHNACHNADANADSNALANAPANAPSPAALPAANPACAPACSPADSPAHSPALSPANDPANSPASHPLANSALPSANDSCADSCANSHADSHANSLAPSNAPSPAN
3 letter words (50)
AAHAALAASACHADSAHAAHSALAALPALSANAANDANSASHASPCAACADCANCAPCHADAHDALDANDAPDASHADHANHAPHASLACLADLAHLAPLASNAHNAPNASPACPADPAHPALPANPASSACSADSALSANSAPSHASPA
2 letter words (13)
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