Word index

TELEPHONES

10 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 4 vowels

What TELEPHONES Means

TELEPHONES is a form of TELEPHONE, which means:

  1. noun: electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds“I talked to him on the telephone”
  2. noun: transmitting speech at a distance
  3. verb: get or try to get into communication (with someone) by telephone“I tried to call you all night”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

TELEPHONES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 E1 L1 E1 P3 H4 O1 N1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of TELEPHONES (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In TELEPHONES

438 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.

9 letter words (3)

8 letter words (6)

7 letter words (15)

6 letter words (44)

5 letter words (122)

4 letter words (151)

3 letter words (74)

2 letter words (23)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.