PENETRATES

10 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PENETRATES Means

PENETRATES is a form of PENETRATE, which means:

verb: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance“The bullet penetrated her chest”
verb: come to understand

Similar words

PERFORATE FATHOM BOTTOM

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PENETRATES 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 E1 N1 E1 T1 R1 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PENETRATES

605 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 (2)

PATENTEES PENETRATE

8 letter words (14)

ENTERATE ENTREATS PATENTEE PATTERNS PEARTEST PRETASTE PRETEENS PRETENSE RATTEENS SERENATE STREPENT TERPENES TRANSEPT TRAPNEST

7 letter words (56)

6 letter words (112)

5 letter words (177)

ANTES ANTRE APERS APERT APRES APTER ARENE ARETE ARETS ARETT ARPEN ASPEN ASPER ASTER EARNS EARST EASER EATEN EATER ENATE ENTER EPEES ERASE ERNES ESTER ETAPE ETATS ETENS ETNAS NAPES NARES NATES NEAPS NEARS NEATS NEEPS NEESE NEPER NERTS NETES NETTS PANES PANTS PARES PARSE PARTS PASTE PATEN PATER PATES PATTE PEANS PEARE PEARS PEART PEASE PEATS PEENS PEERS PENES PENTS PEREA PERES PERNS PERSE PERST PERTS PETAR PETER PETRE PRASE PRATE PRATS PRATT PREEN PREES PRENT PRESA PRESE PREST RANEE RANTS RATES REANS REAPS REAST REATE REENS REEST RENTE RENTS RESAT RESEE RESET SANER SAREE SEARE SENTE SEPTA SETAE SNARE SNEAP SNEER SPAER SPANE SPARE SPART SPATE SPEAN SPEAR SPEAT SPEER SPENT SPRAT SPREE STANE STARE STARN START STATE STEAN STEAR STEEN STEEP STEER STENT STEPT STERE STERN STRAE STRAP STREP TAPEN TAPER TAPES TAPET TARES TARNS TARPS TARTS TASER TASTE TATER TATES TEARS TEASE TEATS TEENE TEENS TEERS TENES TENET TENSE TENTS TEPAS TEPEE TERAS TERES TERNE TERNS TERSE TERTS TESTA TESTE TETES TETRA TRANS TRANT TRAPE TRAPS TRAPT TRATS TREAT TREEN TREES TREST TRETS

4 letter words (150)

3 letter words (75)

ANE ANS ANT APE APT ARE ARS ART ASP ATE ATS ATT EAN EAR EAS EAT EEN ENE ENS ERA ERE ERN ERS EST ETA NAE NAP NAS NAT NEE NEP NET PAN PAR PAS PAT PEA PEE PEN PER PES PET PRE PST RAN RAP RAS RAT REE REN REP RES RET SAE SAN SAP SAR SAT SEA SEE SEN SER SET SPA TAE TAN TAP TAR TAS TAT TEA TEE TEN TES TET

2 letter words (19)

AE AN AR AS AT EA EE EN ER ES ET NA NE PA PE RE ST TA TE

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