SPADEWORK

9 letters, 19 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SPADEWORK Means

noun: dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SPADEWORK is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 19 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 A1 D2 E1 W4 O1 R1 K5.

Words Made From The Letters In SPADEWORK

587 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.

7 letter words (4)

POWDERS PRESOAK REDOWAS SPARKED

6 letter words (59)

5 letter words (180)

ADORE AEROS APERS APODE APODS APRES ARKED AROSE ASKED ASKER ASKEW ASPER ASPRO AWOKE AWORK DAKER DARES DARKS DAWKS DEARS DEAWS DEROS DEWAR DOEKS DOERS DOPAS DOPER DOPES DORES DORKS DORPS DORSA DORSE DOSER DOWAR DOWER DOWPS DOWSE DRAKE DRAPE DRAPS DRAWS DREKS DROPS DROWS EARDS ESKAR KADES KAROS KAWED KEROS KESAR KOAPS KORAS KORES OAKED OAKER OARED OKRAS OPERA OREAD OWRES PADRE PAEDO PARDS PARED PAREO PARES PARKS PARSE PASEO PAWED PAWER PAWKS PEAKS PEARS PEDRO PERKS POAKE POKED POKER POKES PORAE PORED PORES PORKS POSED POSER POWER POWRE PRADS PRAOS PRASE PRESA PROAS PRODS PROKE PROSE PROWS PSOAE PSORA RAKED RAKES RASED READS REAKS REAPS REDOS REPOS RESAW RESOD RESOW ROADS RODES ROKED ROKES ROPED ROPES ROSED ROWED SAKER SAPOR SARED SAROD SAWED SAWER SEPAD SEROW SEWAR SKEAR SOARE SOPRA SORDA SORED SOWAR SOWED SOWER SPADE SPADO SPAED SPAER SPAKE SPARD SPARE SPARK SPEAK SPEAR SPODE SPOKE SPORE SPORK SPRAD SPRED SPREW SPROD SWARD SWARE SWEAR SWORD SWORE WADER WADES WAKED WAKER WAKES WARDS WARED WARES WARKS WARPS WEARS WEKAS WEROS WOADS WORDS WORKS WORSE WRAPS WREAK WROKE

4 letter words (206)

3 letter words (111)

ADO ADS AKE APE APO ARD ARE ARK ARS ASK ASP AWE AWK DAE DAK DAP DAS DAW DEW DOE DOP DOR DOS DOW DSO EAR EAS EDS ERA ERK ERS EWK KAE KAS KAW KEA KED KEP KOA KOP KOR KOS KOW OAK OAR ODA ODE ODS OES OKA OKE OPE OPS ORA ORD ORE ORS OSE OWE PAD PAR PAS PAW PEA PED PER PES PEW POA POD POS POW PRE PRO RAD RAP RAS RAW RED REO REP RES REW ROD ROE ROK ROW SAD SAE SAP SAR SAW SEA SED SER SEW SKA SOD SOP SOW SPA WAD WAE WAP WAR WAS WED WOE WOK WOP WOS

2 letter words (27)

AD AE AR AS AW DA DE DO EA ED ER ES KA KO OD OE OP OR OS OW PA PE PO RE SO WE WO

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