What WATCHDOG Means
- noun: a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste“she is the global watchdog for human rights abuses”
- noun: a dog trained to guard property
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WATCHDOG is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 A1 T1 C3 H4 D2 O1 G2.
Anagrams of WATCHDOG (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In WATCHDOG
125 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.
6 letter words (2)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (37)
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3 letter words (61)
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2 letter words (17)
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