OSCITANCES

10 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What OSCITANCES Means

OSCITANCES is a form of OSCITANCE, which means:

noun: drowsiness and dullness manifested by yawning
noun: an involuntary intake of breath through a wide open mouth; usually triggered by fatigue or boredom“he could not suppress a yawn”

Similar words

OSCITANCY YAWN YAWNING

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

OSCITANCES 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 O1 S1 C3 I1 T1 A1 N1 C3 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In OSCITANCES

673 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 (7)

ACCESSION CANOEISTS CESSATION CONCISEST COSECANTS OSCITANCE SONICATES

8 letter words (19)

ACETONIC ACONITES ASCETICS ASSIENTO ASTONIES CANOEIST CANTICOS CINEASTS COCAINES COENACTS CONCEITS CONCISES CONTESSA COSECANT COSTEANS SCANTIES SECTIONS SOCIATES SONICATE

7 letter words (66)

6 letter words (135)

5 letter words (169)

ACNES ACTIN ACTON AEONS ANISE ANTES ANTIC ANTIS ASCOT ASSET ASSOT ATOCS ATONE CACTI CAINS CANES CANOE CANSO CANST CANTO CANTS CASCO CASES CASTE CASTS CATES CENTO CENTS CESTA CESTI CINCT CINES CIONS CISCO CISTS CITES COACT COAST COATE COATI COATS COCAS COINS COITS CONES CONIA CONIC CONTE COSEC COSES COSET COSIE COSTA COSTE COSTS COTAN COTES EASTS ENACT ENIAC ENTIA EOSIN ESCOT ESTOC ETNAS ICONS INSET IOTAS ISNAE NATES NATIS NEATS NEIST NESTS NISSE NITES NOISE NOSES NOTES OASES OASIS OASTS OATEN OCEAN OCTAN OCTAS OINTS ONCES ONCET ONSET ONTIC OSSIA OSTIA SAICE SAICS SAINE SAINS SAINT SAIST SANES SANTO SANTS SASIN SATES SATIN SATIS SCANS SCANT SCATS SCEAT SCENA SCENT SCION SCONE SCOTS SEANS SEATS SECCO SECTS SENAS SENSA SENSI SENTI SENTS SETON SICES SIENS SIENT SINCE SINES SITES SNIES SNITS SNOTS SOCAS SONCE SONES SONIC SONSE STAIN STANE STEAN STEIN STENO STENS STIES STOAE STOAI STOAS STOIC STONE TACES TACOS TAINS TASSE TEINS TENIA TIANS TICCA TICES TINAS TINEA TINES TOEAS TOISE TONES TONIC TOSAS TOSES

4 letter words (166)

3 letter words (84)

ACE ACT AIN AIS AIT ANE ANI ANS ANT ATE ATS CAN CAT CIS CIT CON COS COT EAN EAS EAT ECO ENS EON ESS EST ETA ICE INS ION IOS ISO ITA ITS NAE NAS NAT NET NIE NIS NIT NOS NOT OAT OCA OES OIS ONE ONS OSE SAC SAE SAI SAN SAT SEA SEC SEI SEN SET SIC SIN SIS SIT SOC SON SOS SOT TAE TAI TAN TAO TAS TEA TEC TEN TES TIC TIE TIN TIS TOC TOE TON

2 letter words (27)

AE AI AN AS AT EA EN ES ET IN IO IS IT NA NE NO OE OI ON OS SI SO ST TA TE TI TO

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