MINESHAFT

9 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What MINESHAFT Means

noun: excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

MINESHAFT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as M3 I1 N1 E1 S1 H4 A1 F4 T1.

Words Made From The Letters In MINESHAFT

585 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 (3)

HEMATINS MANIFEST MANSHIFT

7 letter words (20)

ANTHEMS ATHEISM ETAMINS FAINEST FAMINES FANSITE FISHNET HAEMINS HEMATIN HEMINAS HETMANS INFAMES INMATES MAINEST MANTIES NAIFEST SHEITAN STHENIA TAMEINS TAMINES

6 letter words (67)

5 letter words (153)

4 letter words (195)

3 letter words (112)

AFT AHI AHS AIM AIN AIS AIT AME AMI ANE ANI ANS ANT ASH ATE ATS EAN EAS EAT EFS EFT EHS EMF EMS ENS EST ETA ETH FAE FAH FAN FAS FAT FEH FEM FEN FES FET FIE FIN FIT HAE HAM HAN HAS HAT HEM HEN HES HET HIE HIM HIN HIS HIT IFS INS ISH ISM ITA ITS MAE MAN MAS MAT MEH MEN MES MET MIS MNA NAE NAH NAM NAS NAT NEF NET NIE NIM NIS NIT NTH SAE SAI SAM SAN SAT SEA SEI SEN SET SHA SHE SIF SIM SIN SIT SMA TAE TAI TAM TAN TAS TEA TEF TEN TES THE TIE TIN TIS

2 letter words (35)

AE AH AI AM AN AS AT EA EF EH EM EN ES ET FA FE HA HE HI HM IF IN IS IT MA ME MI NA NE SH SI ST TA TE TI

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