What PALATALS Means
PALATALS is a form of PALATAL, which means:
- adjective: relating to or lying near the palate“palatal index”
- adjective: produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate (as ‘y’) or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate (as ‘ch’ in ‘chin’ or ‘j’ in ‘gin’)
- noun: a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word ‘yeast’)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
PALATALS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 A1 L1 A1 T1 A1 L1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In PALATALS
88 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.
7 letter words (1)
6 letter words (3)
5 letter words (24)
ALAAPALAPAALAPSATAPSATLASPAALSPALASPALLAPALLSPASTAPLAASPLASTPLATSSALALSALPASPALLSPALTSPLATSTALLTAALSTALASTALLSTALPATAPAS
4 letter words (29)
AALSALAPALASALLSALPSALTSAPTSATAPLAPSLASTLATSPAALPALLPALSPASTPATSPLATSALLSALPSALTSLAPSLATSPATSTAPTAALTALATALLTAPATAPS
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (8)
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