RADIANCES

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RADIANCES Means

RADIANCES is a form of RADIANCE, which means:

noun: the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface
noun: the quality of being bright and sending out rays of light

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RADIANCES 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 R1 A1 D2 I1 A1 N1 C3 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In RADIANCES

596 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 (9)

ACARINES AIDANCES ARANEIDS CANARIED CANARIES CESARIAN DRACENAS RADIANCE SARCINAE

7 letter words (43)

6 letter words (101)

5 letter words (174)

ACAIS ACARI ACERS ACIDS ACNED ACNES ACRED ACRES ACRID AECIA AESIR AIDAS AIDER AIDES AIRED AIRNS ANEAR ANISE ANSAE ARCED AREAD AREAS ARECA AREIC ARENA ARIAS ARISE ARNAS ASDIC ASIDE CAAED CADES CADIE CADIS CADRE CAIDS CAINS CAIRD CAIRN CANED CANER CANES CANID CARDI CARDS CARED CARES CARNS CARSE CASED CEDAR CEDIS CERIA CIDER CIDES CINES CIRES CNIDA CRANE CRANS CREDS CRENA CRIAS CRIED CRIES CRINE CRISE DACES DAINE DANCE DARES DARIC DARIS DARNS DEAIR DEANS DEARN DEARS DENAR DENIS DERNS DIANE DICER DICES DINAR DINER DINES DRAIN DRICE DRIES EARDS EARNS ECADS ENIAC ERICA ERICS ESCAR ICERS IDEAS IRADE ISNAE NACRE NADAS NADIR NAIAD NAIRA NARAS NARCS NARDS NARES NARIC NARIS NEARS NERDS NICAD NICER NIDES RACED RACES RAIAS RAIDS RAINE RAINS RAISE RANAS RANCE RANDS RANID RANIS RASED READS REANS REDAN REDIA REINS RENDS RESID RESIN RIADS RICED RICES RIDES RINDS RINES RINSE RISEN SACRA SAICE SAINE SANED SANER SARAN SARED SARIN SCAND SCARE SCENA SCEND SCRAE SCRAN SDEIN SEDAN SERAC SERAI SERIC SERIN SIDER SINCE SINED SIRED SIREN SNARE SNEAD SNIDE

4 letter words (168)

3 letter words (79)

AAS ACE ADS AIA AID AIN AIR AIS ANA AND ANE ANI ANS ARC ARD ARE ARS CAA CAD CAN CAR CID CIS DAE DAN DAS DEI DEN DIE DIN DIS EAN EAR EAS EDS END ENS ERA ERN ERS ICE IDE IDS INS IRE NAE NAS NED NID NIE NIS RAD RAI RAN RAS REC RED REI REN RES RIA RID RIN SAC SAD SAE SAI SAN SAR SEA SEC SED SEI SEN SER SIC SIN SIR SRI

2 letter words (22)

AA AD AE AI AN AR AS DA DE DI EA ED EN ER ES ID IN IS NA NE RE SI

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