PITTANCES

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What PITTANCES Means

PITTANCES is a form of PITTANCE, which means:

noun: an inadequate payment“they work all day for a mere pittance”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

PITTANCES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 I1 T1 T1 A1 N1 C3 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In PITTANCES

549 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.

8 letter words (7)

CANTIEST ENTASTIC NICTATES PATIENTS PENTACTS PITTANCE TETANICS

7 letter words (34)

6 letter words (80)

5 letter words (147)

4 letter words (169)

3 letter words (90)

ACE ACT AIN AIS AIT ANE ANI ANS ANT APE APT ASP ATE ATS ATT CAN CAP CAT CEP CIS CIT EAN EAS EAT ENS EST ETA ICE INS ITA ITS NAE NAP NAS NAT NEP NET NIE NIP NIS NIT PAC PAN PAS PAT PEA PEC PEN PES PET PIA PIC PIE PIN PIS PIT PSI PST SAC SAE SAI SAN SAP SAT SEA SEC SEI SEN SET SIC SIN SIP SIT SPA TAE TAI TAN TAP TAS TAT TEA TEC TEN TES TET TIC TIE TIN TIP TIS

2 letter words (22)

AE AI AN AS AT EA EN ES ET IN IS IT NA NE PA PE PI SI ST TA TE TI

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