METACENTRE

What METACENTRE Means

1. noun: (shipbuilding) the point of intersection between two vertical lines, one line through the center of buoyancy of the hull of a ship in equilibrium and the other line through the center of buoyancy of the hull when the ship is inclined to one side; the distance of this intersection above the center of gravity is an indication of the stability of the ship

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What It Scores

METACENTRE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 E1 T1 A1 C3 E1 N1 T1 R1 E1.

Anagrams of METACENTRE (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In METACENTRE

310 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 (5)

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3 letter words (59)

2 letter words (18)

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