EXPLAINS
A 8-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble.
e 1 x 8 p 3 l 1 a 1 i 1 n 1 s 1
- Length
- 8
- Scrabble
- 17 pts
- Sorted letters
- aeilnpsx
- Anagrams
- 0
Definition of EXPLAINS
A form of EXPLAIN.
- verb
serve as a reason or cause or justification of
“Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work”
Synonyms: excuse
- verb
make plain and comprehensible
“He explained the laws of physics to his students”
Synonyms: explicate
- verb
define
“The committee explained their plan for fund-raising to the Dean”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
Words within EXPLAINS
259 words can be made from any subset of the letters in EXPLAINS.
- explain 16
- salpinx 16
- alexins 14
- alpines 9
- pineals 9
- spaniel 9
- splenia 9
- pixels 15
- alexin 13
- xenial 13
- xenias 13
- alpine 8
- espial 8
- lapins 8
- lipase 8
- panels 8
- penial 8
- pensil 8
- pineal 8
- plains 8
- planes 8
- spinal 8
- spinel 8
- spline 8
- aliens 6
- alines 6
- elains 6
- lianes 6
- saline 6
- silane 6
- paxes 14
- pixel 14
- pixes 14
- axels 12
- axile 12
- axils 12
- axles 12
- lexis 12
- nixes 12
- silex 12
- xenia 12
- aspen 7
- lapin 7
- lapis 7
- lapse 7
- leaps 7
- napes 7
- neaps 7
- nipas 7
- pails 7
- pains 7
- paise 7
- pales 7
- panel 7
- panes 7
- peals 7
- peans 7
- peins 7
- penal 7
- penis 7
- pians 7
- pilea 7
- piles 7
- pinas 7
- pines 7
- plain 7
- plane 7
- plans 7
- pleas 7
- plena 7
- plies 7
- salep 7
- sepal 7
- sepia 7
- slipe 7
- sneap 7
- snipe 7
- spail 7
- spale 7
- spean 7
- speil 7
- spiel 7
- spile 7
- spine 7
- aisle 5
- alien 5
- aline 5
- anile 5
- anils 5
- anise 5
- elain 5
- elans 5
- lanes 5
- leans 5
- lenis 5
- liane 5
- liens 5
- lines 5
- nails 5
- slain 5
- snail 5
- apex 13
- axel 11
- axes 11
- axil 11
- axis 11
- axle 11
- ilex 11
- nixe 11
- alps 6
- apes 6
- apse 6
- laps 6
- leap 6
- lips 6
- lisp 6
- nape 6
- naps 6
- neap 6
- nipa 6