INTERCEPTS

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What INTERCEPTS Means

INTERCEPTS is a form of INTERCEPT, which means:

verb: seize on its way“The fighter plane was ordered to intercept an aircraft that had entered the country's airspace”
verb: tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information“The FBI was tapping the phone line of the suspected spy”
noun: the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis

Similar words

STOP WIRETAP TAP BUG

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

INTERCEPTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 N1 T1 E1 R1 C3 E1 P3 T1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In INTERCEPTS

690 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 (6)

INTERCEPT INTERSECT PINSETTER PRENTICES PRESCIENT REINSPECT

8 letter words (27)

7 letter words (85)

6 letter words (151)

CENSER CENTER CENTRE CERISE CERITE CERNES CERTES CERTIE CITERS CREEPS CREPES CRETIN CRINES CRIPES CTENES ENTERS ENTICE ENTIRE EPRISE ERECTS ESPIER ESPRIT ESTRIN ETTINS INCEPT INERTS INSECT INSERT INSTEP INTERS NEPERS NEPITS NEREIS NERITE NESTER NETTER NETTIE NICEST NIECES NIPTER NITERS NITRES PECTEN PECTIN PEINCT PENCES PENIES PERCEN PERCES PESTER PETERS PETITE PETRES PETTER PICENE PIECEN PIECER PIECES PIERCE PIERST PIERTS PINCER PITTEN PITTER PRECES PRECIS PREENS PRENTS PRESET PRICES PRIEST PRINCE PRINTS PTERIN RECENT RECEPT RECIPE RECITE RECITS RENEST RENIES RENTES REPENT REPINE REPINS RESECT RESENT RESITE RETEST RETIES RETINE RETINT RIPENS RIPEST SCERNE SCIENT SCREEN SCREET SCRINE SCRIPT SECERN SECRET SEINER SEITEN SEPTET SEPTIC SEREIN SERINE SETTER SINTER SITREP SITTEN SITTER SNIPER SPECIE SPENCE SPICER SPINET SPRENT SPRINT SPRITE STERIC STREET STRENE STRICT STRIPE STRIPT TENETS TENREC TENSER TENTER TENTIE TERCES TERCET TERNES TESTER TETRIS TIERCE TINCTS TINTER TITERS TITRES TREENS TRICEP TRICES TRIENE TRIENS TRINES TRIPES TRISTE TRITES

5 letter words (187)

CENSE CENTS CEPES CERES CERNE CERTS CESTI CETES CINES CIRES CITER CITES CREEP CREES CREPE CREPS CREPT CREST CRIES CRINE CRIPE CRISE CRISP CRITS CTENE ENTER EPICS EPRIS ERECT ERICS ERNES ESTER ETENS ETTIN ICERS INEPT INERT INSET INTER NEEPS NEIST NEPER NEPIT NERTS NETES NETTS NICER NIECE NITER NITES NITRE PEENS PEERS PEINS PEISE PENCE PENES PENIE PENTS PERCE PERES PERIS PERNS PERSE PERST PERTS PETER PETIT PETRE PETRI PETTI PIECE PIERS PIERT PIETS PINES PINTS PIRNS PISTE PREEN PREES PRENT PRESE PREST PRICE PRIES PRINT PRISE RECIT RECTI REENS REEST REINS REIST RENTE RENTS REPIN RESET RESIN RESIT RETIE RICES RINES RINSE RIPEN RIPES RISEN RITES RITTS SCENE SCENT SCREE SCRIP SEINE SENTE SENTI SEPIC SERIC SERIN SIENT SINCE SIREE SIREN SNEER SNIPE SNIRT SPEER SPEIR SPENT SPICE SPIER SPINE SPIRE SPIRT SPITE SPREE SPRIT STEEN STEEP STEER STEIN STENT STEPT STERE STERN STINT STIPE STIRE STIRP STREP STRIP TEENS TEERS TEINS TENES TENET TENSE TENTS TERCE TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TERTS TESTE TETES TETRI TICES TIERS TINCT TINES TINTS TIRES TITER TITRE TREEN TREES TREST TRETS TRICE TRIES TRINE TRINS TRIPE TRIPS TRIST TRITE

4 letter words (149)

3 letter words (69)

CEE CEP CIS CIT EEN ENE ENS ERE ERN ERS EST ICE INS IRE ITS NEE NEP NET NIE NIP NIS NIT PEC PEE PEN PER PES PET PIC PIE PIN PIR PIS PIT PRE PSI PST REC REE REI REN REP RES RET RIN RIP RIT SEC SEE SEI SEN SER SET SIC SIN SIP SIR SIT SRI TEC TEE TEN TES TET TIC TIE TIN TIP TIS

2 letter words (16)

EE EN ER ES ET IN IS IT NE PE PI RE SI ST TE TI

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