What INITIALISM Means
- noun: a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word“‘NATO’ is an initialism for North Atlantic Treaty Organization”
- noun: an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately“HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
INITIALISM is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 I1 T1 I1 A1 L1 I1 S1 M3.
Words Made From The Letters In INITIALISM
227 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 (2)
7 letter words (7)
6 letter words (21)
ANIMISINSTALINSTILINTIMAISATINLIMANSLIMINALIMITSMALISTMANTISMASLINMATINSMISLITMISTALSAIMINSAMITISIMIALSIMIANSIMLINSMALTITAMINS
5 letter words (44)
ALISTAMINSANILSANIMIANTISINTILINTISLANTSLIMANLIMASLIMITLIMNSLINTSLITAILITASMAILSMAINSMAISTMALISMALTSMANISMATINMILIAMILTSMINASMINISMINTSMITISNAILSNATISSAINTSALMISATINSLAINSLANTSMALTSNAILSTAINTAILSTAINSTAMINTAMISTIANSTINAS
4 letter words (82)
AILSAIMSAINSAITSALITALMSALTSAMINAMISANILANISANTIANTSILIAINIAINTIISITISNAITASLAINLAMSLANTLASTLATILATSLIASLIMALIMNLINSLINTLISTLITSMAILMAINMALIMALSMALTMANIMANSMASTMATSMILSMILTMINAMINIMINTMISTMNASNAILNAMSNATSNILSNIMSNISINITSSAILSAIMSAINSALTSANTSATISIALSILTSIMASIMISLAMSLATSLIMSLITSMITSNITSTIMTAILTAINTAISTALITAMSTANSTIANTILSTINATINS
3 letter words (52)
AILAIMAINAISAITALSALTAMIANIANSANTATSINSISMITAITSLAMLASLATLINLISLITMALMANMASMATMILMISMNANAMNASNATNILNIMNISNITSAISALSAMSANSATSIMSINSITSMATAITAMTANTASTILTINTIS
2 letter words (18)
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