Letters
/ˈlɛtəz/
noun
- A symbol in an alphabet.
"There are twenty-six letters in the English alphabet."
- A written or printed communication, generally longer and more formal than a note.
"I wrote a letter to my sister about my life."
- The literal meaning of something, as distinguished from its intended and remoter meaning (often contrasted with the spirit).
- (plural) Literature.
"Benjamin Franklin was multiskilled – a scientist, politician and a man of letters."
- A division unit of a piece of law marked by a letter of the alphabet.
verb
noun
- Literature (school subject).
"Rickert was the first woman (and second individual) to be awarded a Ph.D. in English letters and philology with that academic honor at the University of Chicago."
- The liberal arts, humanities, learning (broad accumulated cultural knowledge).
"Though architecture in ancient Rome was not generally considered to belong to the artes liberales, Vitruvius easily qualified as a man of letters because of his wide learning."
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Letters"
Letters is a 7-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "letters" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Letters" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "letters" is a low-scoring word.