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PELICANS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PELICANS Means

PELICANS is a form of PELICAN, which means:

  1. noun: large long-winged warm-water seabird having a large bill with a distensible pouch for fish

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PELICANS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 L1 I1 C3 A1 N1 S1.

Anagrams of PELICANS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In PELICANS

423 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 (20)

6 letter words (50)

5 letter words (124)

4 letter words (138)

3 letter words (72)

2 letter words (19)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.