PHEROMONES

10 letters, 17 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What PHEROMONES Means

PHEROMONES is a form of PHEROMONE, which means:

noun: a chemical substance secreted externally by some animals (especially insects) that influences the physiology or behavior of other animals of the same species

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PHEROMONES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 H4 E1 R1 O1 M3 O1 N1 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PHEROMONES

530 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 (3)

NEOMORPHS NOOSPHERE PHEROMONE

8 letter words (10)

HONOREES HORMONES HORSEMEN MOONSHEE MOORHENS NEOMORPH OOSPHERE PHONEMES PROSEMEN SHOREMEN

7 letter words (28)

HEROONS HONOREE HOOPERS HORMONE HOSEMEN MOONERS MOORHEN MOREENS MORPHOS ONSHORE OOSPERM OPENERS OPERONS OPEROSE PEREONS PERONES PHENOMS PHONEME PHONERS REHOMES REOPENS REPOMEN REPONES RESHONE SHOPMEN SNOOPER SOMEONE SOREHON

6 letter words (72)

5 letter words (145)

4 letter words (156)

3 letter words (90)

EEN EHS EME EMO EMS ENE ENS EON ERE ERM ERN ERS HEM HEN HEP HER HES HOE HOM HON HOO HOP HOS MEE MEH MEN MES MHO MOE MON MOO MOP MOR MOS NEE NEP NOH NOM NOO NOR NOS OES OHM OHO OHS OMS ONE ONO ONS OOH OOM OON OOP OOR OOS OPE OPS ORE ORS OSE PEE PEH PEN PER PES PHO POH POM POS PRE PRO REE REH REM REN REO REP RES RHO ROE ROM ROO SEE SEN SER SHE SOH SOM SON SOP

2 letter words (26)

EE EH EM EN ER ES HE HM HO ME MO NE NO OE OH OM ON OO OP OR OS PE PO RE SH SO

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