INDIRECT

What INDIRECT Means

1. adjective: having intervening factors or persons or influences“reflection from the ceiling provided a soft indirect light”
2. adjective: not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination“sometimes taking an indirect path saves time”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

INDIRECT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 D2 I1 R1 E1 C3 T1.

Anagrams of INDIRECT (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In INDIRECT

168 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 (11)

6 letter words (23)

5 letter words (35)

4 letter words (54)

3 letter words (32)

2 letter words (13)

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