RELATIVES

9 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What RELATIVES Means

RELATIVES is a form of RELATIVE, which means:

noun: a person related by blood or marriage“police are searching for relatives of the deceased”
noun: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus)
adjective: estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete“a relative stranger”
adjective: properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by ‘to’“the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime”

Similar words

RELATION CONGENER CONGENERIC

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

RELATIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as R1 E1 L1 A1 T1 I1 V4 E1 S1.

Anagrams of RELATIVES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

LEVIRATES VERSATILE

Words Made From The Letters In RELATIVES

754 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 (12)

ATELIERS EARLIEST ELATIVES EVIRATES LATERISE LEARIEST LEAVIEST LEVIRATE REALTIES RELATIVE VEALIEST VELARISE

7 letter words (56)

6 letter words (149)

AERIES AIREST AIVERS ALERTS ALTERS ARETES ARIELS ARTELS ARTIES AVERSE AVERTS EASIER EASTER EATERS ELATER ELATES ELITES ELVERS ERVILS ESTRAL EVERTS EVILER EVITES LAESIE LAREES LASTER LAVEER LAVERS LEARES LEASER LEAVER LEAVES LEEARS LEVERS LEVIER LEVIES LEVITE LIEVER LIEVES LISTEE LISTER LITERS LITRES LIVERS LIVEST LIVRES RAILES RATELS RAVELS REALES REATES REAVES REIVES RELATE RELETS RELIES RELIST RELIVE RESAIL RESALE RESEAL RESEAT RESILE RESITE RETAIL RETIAL RETIES RETILE REVEAL REVELS REVEST REVETS REVIES REVILE REVISE RIEVES RIVALS RIVELS RIVETS SAETER SAILER SALTER SALTIE SALVER SATIRE SATIVE SEALER SEATER SERAIL SERIAL SERVAL SILVAE SILVER SLATER SLAVER SLEAVE SLIEVE SLIVER STALER STARVE STEALE STEARE STELAE STELAI STELAR STERVE STEVIA STIEVE STIVER STREEL STRIAE STRIVE SVELTE TAILER TAIVER TALERS TARSEL TAVERS TEASEL TEASER TERAIS TILERS TRAILS TRAVEL TRAVES TRAVIS TREVIS TRIALS VALETE VALETS VALISE VARIES VARLET VASTER VEALER VEALES VEILER VELARS VELATE VELETA VERIST VERITE VERSAL VERSET VERSTE VESTAL VILEST VISTAL VITALS

5 letter words (227)

AERIE AESIR AIRTS AISLE AIVER ALERT ALIST ALIVE ALTER ARETE ARETS ARIEL ARILS ARISE ARLES ARTEL ARTIS ASTER ASTIR AVELS AVERS AVERT AVISE EALES EARLS EARST EASEL EASER EASLE EATER EAVES EISEL ELATE ELITE ELVER ELVES ERASE EREVS ERVIL ESILE ESTER EVERT EVETS EVILS EVITE IRATE ISLET ISTLE LAERS LAIRS LAREE LARES LARIS LASER LATER LAVER LAVES LEARE LEARS LEASE LEAST LEATS LEAVE LEEAR LEERS LEETS LEIRS LERES LEVER LEVES LEVIS LIARS LIART LIERS LIEVE LIRAS LITAS LITER LITES LITRE LIVER LIVES LIVRE RAILE RAILS RAISE RAITS RALES RATEL RATES RAVEL RAVES REALS REAST REATE REAVE REELS REEST REIST REIVE RELET RELIE RELIT RESAT RESET RESIT RETIA RETIE REVEL REVET REVIE RIALS RIELS RIEVE RILES RITES RIVAL RIVAS RIVEL RIVES RIVET SALET SALVE SAREE SAVER SEARE SELVA SERAI SERAL SERVE SETAE SETAL SEVER SIEVE SILER SILVA SIREE SITAR SIVER SLART SLATE SLAVE SLEER SLEET SLIER SLIVE STAIR STALE STARE STAVE STEAL STEAR STEEL STEER STEIL STELA STELE STERE STILE STIRE STIVE STRAE STRIA TAELS TAILS TALER TALES TARES TARSI TASER TAVER TEALS TEARS TEASE TEELS TEERS TEILS TELAE TELES TELIA TERAI TERAS TERES TERSE TESLA TIARS TIERS TILER TILES TIRES TIRLS TRAIL TRAVE TREES TRIAL TRIES VAILS VAIRE VAIRS VALES VALET VALIS VALSE VARES VEALE VEALS VEERS VEILS VELAR VELES VERSE VERST VERTS VESTA VIALS VIERS VILER VIRAL VIRES VIRLS VISTA VITAE VITAL VITAS VLEIS VLIES VRILS

4 letter words (200)

3 letter words (88)

AIL AIR AIS AIT ALE ALS ALT ARE ARS ART ATE ATS AVE EAR EAS EAT EEL ELS ELT ERA ERE ERS EST ETA EVE IRE ITA ITS LAR LAS LAT LAV LEA LEE LEI LES LET LEV LIE LIS LIT RAI RAS RAT RAV REE REI RES RET REV RIA RIT SAE SAI SAL SAR SAT SAV SEA SEE SEI SEL SER SET SIR SIT SRI TAE TAI TAR TAS TAV TEA TEE TEL TES TIE TIL TIS VAE VAR VAS VAT VEE VET VIA VIE VIS

2 letter words (22)

AE AI AL AR AS AT EA EE EL ER ES ET IS IT LA LI RE SI ST TA TE TI

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