What TORTOISES Means
TORTOISES is a form of TORTOISE, which means:
- noun: usually herbivorous land turtles having clawed elephant-like limbs; worldwide in arid areas except Australia and Antarctica
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
TORTOISES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as T1 O1 R1 T1 O1 I1 S1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of TORTOISES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In TORTOISES
284 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 (6)
7 letter words (20)
OORIESTOOSIESTRISOTTOROESTISROOTIESROSIESTSIROSETSITTERSSOOTIERSORITESSORTIESSTOITERSTORIESTOORIESTOOTERSTOOTSESTOOTSIETOSSIERTRIOSESTSOORIS
6 letter words (50)
ESTROSOOSIEROSIERSOTIOSEOTTERSREISTSRESISTRESITSRESTOSROESTIROISTSROOSESROOSTSROSETSROSIESROSITSROSTISROTTESSEISORSISTERSITTERSOOTESSORESTSORTESSORTIESTIRESSTOITSSTOORSSTORESTESTISTETRISTIROESTITERSTITRESTOISESTOORIETOOTERTORIESTOROSETORSESTORSOSTORTESTOTERSTRESTSTRIOSETRISTETRITESTSORESTSORISTSOTSI
5 letter words (74)
ESTROOORIEOOSESOSIEROTTEROTTOSREISTRESITRESTORESTSRIOTSRISESRITESRITTSROISTROOSEROOSTROOTSROSESROSETROSITROSTIROSTSROTESROTISROTOSROTTESEIRSSETTSSIRESSITESSOOTESOOTSSORESSORTSSTETSSTIESSTIRESTIRSSTOITSTOORSTORESTOTSTERTSTESTSTETRITIERSTIRESTIROSTITERTITRETOISETOITSTOOTSTORESTOROSTOROTTORSETORSITORSOTORTETORTSTOSESTOTERTOTESTRESSTRESTTRETSTRIESTRIOSTRISTTRITETROISTROTS
4 letter words (75)
EROSERSTESTSIRESISOSOOSEOOTSORESORTSOSESOTTOREISREOSRESTRETSRIOTRISERITERITSRITTROESROOSROOTROSEROSTROTEROTIROTOROTSSEIRSEISSERSSETSSETTSIESSIRESIRSSISTSITESITSSOOTSORESORISORTSOTSSRISSTETSTIESTIRSTOTTESTTETSTIERTIESTIRETIROTITETOESTOITTOOTTORETORITOROTORSTORTTOSETOSSTOSTTOTETOTSTRESTRETTRIETRIOTROT
3 letter words (41)
ERSESSESTIOSIREISOITSOESOISOOROOSOOTOREORSORTOSEREIREORESRETRITROEROOROTSEISERSETSIRSISSITSOSSOTSRITESTETTIETISTOETOOTORTOT
2 letter words (18)
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