What POTENTIAL Means
- noun: the inherent capacity for coming into being
- noun: the difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
- adjective: existing in possibility“a potential problem”
- adjective: expected to become or be; in prospect“potential clients”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
POTENTIAL is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as P3 O1 T1 E1 N1 T1 I1 A1 L1.
Anagrams of POTENTIAL (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In POTENTIAL
425 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 (3)
7 letter words (15)
ANTIPOTELATIONOPALINEPALETOTPANTILEPATIENTPENTITOPLOTTIEPOINTELPOLENTAPONTILEPOTLINETALIPOTTOENAILTOPLINE
6 letter words (60)
ALPINEAPLITEAPTOTEATTONEENTAILENTOILEOLIANETALONLATENTLATINOLATTENLATTINLEIPOALEPTINLEPTONLIONETLITTENLOIPENNOTATEOPIATEOPTANTPANTIEPATENTPATINEPATTENPATTIEPATTLEPELOTAPENIALPINEALPINETAPINOLEPINTLEPIOLETPITTENPLAINTPLANETPLATENPLIANTPOINTEPOLITEPONTALPONTIEPONTILPOTALEPOTENTPOTTLETALENTTALIONTAPETITEAPOTTENAILTEOPANTINEALTINPOTTIPTOETOILETTOLANETONITETONLET
5 letter words (96)
ALIENALINEALOINALONEANILEANOLEAPIOLATILTATONEELAINELINTELOINENLITENTIAETTININAPTINEPTINLETINTELLAPINLATENLATTELEANTLEAPTLENTILENTOLEPTALIANELOIPELOTTENEPITNETOPNOPALNOTALOATENOLEINOLENTOLPAEOPINEPAEONPAINTPALETPANELPANTOPAOLIPATENPATINPATIOPATTEPELONPELTAPENALPETALPETITPETTIPETTOPIANOPIETAPILAOPILEAPILOTPINOTPINTAPINTOPITONPITTAPLAINPLAITPLANEPLANTPLATEPLEATPLENAPLEONPLOATPOINTPOTAEPOTINTAINTTALONTANTITANTOTAPENTAPETTATIETELIATELOITENIATEPALTINEATITANTITLETOILETOLANTONALTOTAL
4 letter words (139)
AEONAINEALITALOEALTOANILANTEANTIATOPEINAELANENOLEOANETATETNAILEAINTOIOTALAINLANELANTLATELATILEANLEAPLEATLENOLENTLEPTLIENLINELINOLINTLIONLIPALIPELIPOLITELOANLOINLONELOPELOTALOTELOTINAILNAOINAPENEALNEAPNEATNETTNIPANITENOELNOILNOLENOPENOTANOTENOTTOINTOLEAOLPEONIEOPALOPENPAILPAINPALEPANEPANTPATEPEALPEANPEATPEINPELAPELTPENIPENTPEONPIALPIANPIETPILAPILEPINAPINEPINTPIONPITAPLANPLATPLEAPLIEPLOTPOETPOLEPOLTPONEPONTPOTEPOTTTAELTAILTAINTAITTALETALITANETAPETATETEALTEATTEILTEINTELATELTTENTTEPATIANTILETILTTINATINETINTTIPTTITETOEATOILTOITTOLATOLETOLTTONETOPETOPITOTE
3 letter words (82)
AILAINAITALEALPALTANEANIANTAPEAPOAPTATEATTEANEATELTEONETAIONITALAPLATLEALEILEPLETLIELINLIPLITLOPLOTNAENAPNATNEPNETNIENILNIPNITNOTOATOILOLEONEOPEOPTPALPANPATPEAPELPENPETPIAPIEPINPITPOAPOIPOLPOTTAETAITANTAOTAPTATTEATELTENTETTIETILTINTIPTOETONTOPTOT
2 letter words (30)
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