What SPIRANTS Means
SPIRANTS is a form of SPIRANT, which means:
- noun: a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract
- adjective: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SPIRANTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 P3 I1 R1 A1 N1 T1 S1.
Anagrams of SPIRANTS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In SPIRANTS
318 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 (10)
6 letter words (35)
INSTARPAINTSPARTISPASTISPATINSPINTASPRINTSPTISANSAINTSSANTIRSARINSSATINSSISTRASITARSSNIRTSSPAINSSPAITSSPARTSSPINARSPINASSPIRTSSPRAINSPRATSSPRINTSPRITSSTAINSSTAIRSSTARNSSTIPASSTIRPSSTRAINSTRAPSSTRIPSTAPIRSTRAINS
5 letter words (94)
AIRNSAIRTSANTISAPSISARSISARTISASPISASTIRATRIPINAPTINTRANARISNATISNIPASPAINSPAINTPAIRSPANTSPARISPARTIPARTSPASTSPATINPIANSPINASPINTAPINTSPIRNSPITASPRATSPRINTPRISSRAINSRAITSRANISRANTSRASPSRIANTRISPSSAINSSAINTSAIRSSAISTSANTSSARINSARISSASINSATINSATISSITARSNAPSSNARSSNIPSSNIRTSNITSSPAINSPAITSPANSSPARSSPARTSPATSSPINASPINSSPIRTSPITSSPRATSPRITSTAINSTAIRSTAPSSTARNSTARSSTIPASTIRPSTIRSSTRAPSTRIASTRIPTAINSTAPIRTAPISTARNSTARPSTARSITIANSTIARSTINASTRAINTRANSTRAPSTRASSTRINSTRIPSTSARS
4 letter words (103)
AINSAIRNAIRSAIRTAITSANISANTIANTSAPTSARISARTIARTSASPSISNAITASNAPSNATSNIPANIPSNITSPAINPAIRPAISPANSPANTPARSPARTPASSPASTPATSPIANPIASPINAPINSPINTPIRNPIRSPITAPITSPRATPSISPSSTRAINRAISRAITRANIRANTRAPSRAPTRASPRASTRATSRIASRINSRIPSRIPTRISPRITSSAINSAIRSAISSANSSANTSAPSSARISARSSATISINSSIPSSIRSSISTSITSSNAPSNARSNIPSNITSPANSPARSPASSPATSPINSPITSRISSTAPSTARSTIRTAINTAISTANSTAPSTARNTARPTARSTASSTIANTIARTINATINSTIPSTRAPTRINTRIPTSAR
3 letter words (61)
AINAIRAISAITANIANSANTAPTARSARTASPATSINSITAITSNAPNASNATNIPNISNITPANPARPASPATPIAPINPIRPISPITPSIPSTRAIRANRAPRASRATRIARINRIPRITSAISANSAPSARSATSINSIPSIRSISSITSPASRITAITANTAPTARTASTINTIPTIS
2 letter words (15)
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