What TIGHTENS Means
TIGHTENS is a form of TIGHTEN, which means:
- verb: make tight or tighter“Tighten the wire”
- verb: become tight or tighter“The rope tightened”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TIGHTENS 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 T1 I1 G2 H4 T1 E1 N1 S1.
Anagrams of TIGHTENS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TIGHTENS
209 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)
6 letter words (18)
EIGHTSETTINSHETINGHINGESINGESTNEIGHSNIGHTSSIGNETSITHENSITTENTENTHSTHEGNSTHEINSTHEISTTHINGSTIGHTSTINGESTITHES
5 letter words (52)
EHINGEIGHTETTINGEISTGEITSGENTSGHESTGITESHEISTHENTSHINGEHINGSHINTSINSETNEIGHNEISTNETTSNIGHSNIGHTNITESSEGNISENGISENTISHENTSHINESIENTSIETHSIGHTSINGESITHESTEINSTENTSTINGSTINTTEINSTENTHTENTSTETHSTHEGNTHEINTHENSTHIGSTHINETHINGTHINSTIGESTIGHTTINESTINGETINGSTINTSTITHE
4 letter words (74)
EGISEISHENGSETHSGEITGENSGENTGESTGETSGHISGIENGIESGINSGISTGITEGITSHENSHENTHESTHETSHIESHINGHINSHINTHISNHISTHITSINGSNEGSNESHNESTNETSNETTNIESNIGHNISHNITENITSSENTSETTSHETSHINSIENSIGHSIGNSINESINGSINHSITESITHSNIGSNITSTENSTETSTIETEGSTEINTENSTENTTESTTETHTETSTHENTHIGTHINTHISTIESTIGETIGSTINETINGTINSTINTTITE
3 letter words (45)
EHSENGENSESTETHGENGETGHIGIEGINGISGITHENHESHETHIEHINHISHITINGINSISHITSNEGNETNIENISNITNTHSEGSEISENSETSHESINSITTEGTENTESTETTHETIETIGTINTIS
2 letter words (16)
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