OSCILLATES

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OSCILLATES Means

OSCILLATES is a form of OSCILLATE, which means:

verb: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action“He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement”
verb: move or swing from side to side regularly“the needle on the meter was oscillating”

Similar words

HOVER VIBRATE VACILLATE

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OSCILLATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as O1 S1 C3 I1 L1 L1 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In OSCILLATES

709 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 (5)

LOCALISES LOCALISTS LOCALITES OSCILLATE TEOCALLIS

8 letter words (30)

7 letter words (61)

6 letter words (113)

5 letter words (197)

AISLE ALCOS ALECS ALIST ALLIS ALLOT ALOES ALTOS ASCOT ASSET ASSOT ATOCS ATOLL CALLS CALOS CASES CASTE CASTS CATES CEILS CELLA CELLI CELLO CELLS CELTS CESTA CESTI CIELS CILLS CISTS CITAL CITES CLAES CLASS CLAST CLATS CLEAT CLIES CLOSE CLOTE CLOTS COALS COAST COATE COATI COATS COILS COITS COLAS COLES COLLS COLTS COSES COSET COSIE COSTA COSTE COSTS COTES EASTS ECLAT ESCOT ESTOC ICTAL ILEAC ILEAL IOTAS ISLES ISLET ISTLE LACES LACET LAICS LASES LASSI LASSO LASTS LEAST LEATS LESTS LILAC LILOS LILTS LISLE LISTS LITAS LITES LOAST LOCAL LOESS LOSEL LOSES LOTAS LOTES LOTIC OASES OASIS OASTS OCTAL OCTAS OLEIC OLLAS OLLIE OSSIA OSTIA SAICE SAICS SAILS SAIST SALES SALET SALIC SALLE SALOL SALSE SALTO SALTS SATES SATIS SCAIL SCALE SCALL SCATS SCEAT SCOTS SEALS SEATS SECTS SEILS SELLA SELLS SETAL SIALS SICES SILES SILLS SILOS SILTS SISAL SITES SLAES SLATE SLATS SLICE SLITS SLOES SLOTS SOCAS SOCLE SOILS SOLAS SOLEI SOLES STALE STALL STEAL STEIL STELA STELL STIES STILE STILL STOAE STOAI STOAS STOIC STOLE TACES TACOS TAELS TAILS TALCS TALES TALLS TASSE TEALS TEILS TELCO TELIA TELIC TELLS TELOI TELOS TESLA TICAL TICES TILES TILLS TOEAS TOILE TOILS TOISE TOLAS TOLES TOLLS TOSAS TOSES

4 letter words (195)

3 letter words (83)

ACE ACT AIL AIS AIT ALE ALL ALS ALT ATE ATS CAT CEL CIS CIT COL COS COT EAS EAT ECO ELL ELS ELT ESS EST ETA ICE ILL IOS ISO ITA ITS LAC LAS LAT LEA LEI LES LET LIE LIS LIT LOS LOT OAT OCA OES OIL OIS OLE OSE SAC SAE SAI SAL SAT SEA SEC SEI SEL SET SIC SIS SIT SOC SOL SOS SOT TAE TAI TAO TAS TEA TEC TEL TES TIC TIE TIL TIS TOC TOE

2 letter words (25)

AE AI AL AS AT EA EL ES ET IO IS IT LA LI LO OE OI OS SI SO ST TA TE TI TO

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