PASSERINES

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PASSERINES Means

PASSERINES is a form of PASSERINE, which means:

noun: perching birds mostly small and living near the ground with feet having 4 toes arranged to allow for gripping the perch; most are songbirds; hatchlings are helpless
adjective: relating to or characteristic of the passeriform birds

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PASSERINES 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 P3 A1 S1 S1 E1 R1 I1 N1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PASSERINES

573 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)

PARENESIS PASSERINE PESSARIES RASPINESS SPARENESS

8 letter words (10)

ASPERSES EASINESS EREPSINS NAPERIES PREASSES PRESSIES REPASSES RIPENESS SEARNESS SENARIES

7 letter words (48)

6 letter words (114)

5 letter words (162)

4 letter words (141)

3 letter words (74)

AIN AIR AIS ANE ANI ANS APE ARE ARS ASP EAN EAR EAS EEN ENE ENS ERA ERE ERN ERS ESS INS IRE NAE NAP NAS NEE NEP NIE NIP NIS PAN PAR PAS PEA PEE PEN PER PES PIA PIE PIN PIR PIS PRE PSI RAI RAN RAP RAS REE REI REN REP RES RIA RIN RIP SAE SAI SAN SAP SAR SEA SEE SEI SEN SER SIN SIP SIR SIS SPA SRI

2 letter words (19)

AE AI AN AR AS EA EE EN ER ES IN IS NA NE PA PE PI RE SI

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