PERFORATES

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PERFORATES Means

PERFORATES is a form of PERFORATE, which means:

verb: make a hole into or between, as for ease of separation“perforate the sheets of paper”
verb: pass into or through, often by overcoming resistance“The bullet penetrated her chest”
adjective: having a hole cut through“pierced ears”

Similar words

PUNCH PENETRATE PIERCED PERFORATED PUNCTURED

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PERFORATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 E1 R1 F4 O1 R1 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PERFORATES

729 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 (4)

FOREPARTS PATEREROS PERFORATE PERORATES

8 letter words (14)

FERRATES FOREPART FOREPAST FORESTER FOSTERER OPERATES PATERERO PERORATE PRAETORS PRESTORE PRORATES PROTEASE REFOREST TAPERERS

7 letter words (42)

6 letter words (131)

5 letter words (220)

AEROS AFORE AFROS AFTER APERS APERT APORT APRES APTER ARERE ARETE ARETS AROSE ARRET ASPER ASPRO ASTER EARST EASER EATER ERASE EROSE ESTER ESTOP ESTRO ETAPE FARER FARES FAROS FARSE FARTS FATES FATSO FEARE FEARS FEART FEASE FEAST FEATS FEERS FERER FERES FESTA FETAS FETES FETOR FORES FORTE FORTS FRAPE FRAPS FRATE FRATS FREER FREES FREET FRERE FRETS FROES FRORE FROST OATER OFTER OPERA OPTER ORATE ORFES PAREO PARER PARES PARRS PARSE PARTS PASEO PASTE PATER PATES PEARE PEARS PEART PEASE PEATS PEERS PEREA PERES PERSE PERST PERTS PESTO PETAR PETER PETRE POETS PORAE PORER PORES PORTA PORTS POSER POTAE POTES PRAOS PRASE PRATE PRATS PREES PRESA PRESE PREST PROAS PROFS PRORE PROSE PROST PSOAE PSORA RAFTS RAREE RARES RASER RATER RATES RATOS REAPS REARS REAST REATE REEFS REEST REFER REPOS REPOT REPRO RESAT RESET RESTO RETRO ROARS ROAST ROATE ROPER ROPES RORES RORTS ROSET ROTAS ROTES SAFER SAPOR SAREE SEARE SEFER SEPTA SERER SERRA SERRE SETAE SOARE SOFAR SOFTA SOPRA SOREE SORER SORRA SORTA SPAER SPARE SPART SPATE SPEAR SPEAT SPEER SPORE SPORT SPRAT SPREE STARE STARR STEAR STEEP STEER STERE STOAE STOEP STOPE STORE STRAE STRAP STREP STROP TAPER TAPES TARES TAROS TARPS TARRE TASER TEARS TEASE TEERS TEPAS TERAS TERES TERFE TERFS TERRA TERSE TOEAS TOPEE TOPER TOPES TORAS TORES TORRS TORSE TRAPE TRAPS TREES TREFA TROPE

4 letter words (193)

3 letter words (99)

AFT APE APO APT ARE ARF ARS ART ASP ATE ATS EAR EAS EAT EFS EFT ERA ERE ERF ERR ERS EST ETA FAE FAP FAR FAS FAT FEE FER FES FET FOE FOP FOR FRA FRO OAF OAR OAT OES OFT OPE OPS OPT ORA ORE ORF ORS ORT OSE PAR PAS PAT PEA PEE PER PES PET POA POS POT PRE PRO PST RAP RAS RAT REE REF REO REP RES RET ROE ROT SAE SAP SAR SAT SEA SEE SER SET SOP SOT SPA TAE TAO TAP TAR TAS TEA TEE TEF TES TOE TOP TOR

2 letter words (26)

AE AR AS AT EA EE EF ER ES ET FA FE OE OF OP OR OS PA PE PO RE SO ST TA TE TO

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