Definition of tinderboxes

"tinderboxes" in the noun sense

1. tinderbox

a dangerous state of affairs a situation that is a potential source of violence

"the Balkans are the tinderbox of Europe"

2. tinderbox

a box for holding tinder

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tinderboxes in Scrabble®

The word tinderboxes is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 21

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters tinderboxes:

TINDERBOXES
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (77 words)

bedirts, bedotes, bedrest, bedsore, benders, bendier, bestrid, betides, binders, binodes, boneset, boniest, boreens, boxiest, boxtree, deboner, debones, debtors, deniers, denoise, denotes, deorbit, derbies, destine, detoxes, dextrin, diester, dieters, disrobe, ebonies, editors, endorse, enrobed, enrobes, entries, erotise, estrone, existed, extends, inboxes, inbreds, inbreed, indexer, indexes, indorse, norites, orbited, orients, oxbirds, oxbiter, rebinds, rebited, rebites, rebonds, reboxed, reboxes, reedits, reindex, rodents, roisted, rosined, seedbox, sixteen, snorted, sobered, sorbite, sortied, sterned, steroid, stonier, storied, strobed, tenders, tierods, tinders, trienes, triones

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word tinderboxes

TINDERBOXES
(207)
TINDERBOXES
(198)
TINDERBOXES
(138)
TINDERBOXES
(132)
TINDERBOXES
(100)
TINDERBOXES
(96)
TINDERBOXES
(90)
TINDERBOXES
(88)
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(88)
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(84)
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(84)
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(84)
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(84)
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(84)
TINDERBOXES
(78)
TINDERBOXES
(69)
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(69)
TINDERBOXES
(64)
TINDERBOXES
(60)
TINDERBOXES
(58)
TINDERBOXES
(50)
TINDERBOXES
(50)
TINDERBOXES
(48)
TINDERBOXES
(48)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(41)
TINDERBOXES
(33)
TINDERBOXES
(31)
TINDERBOXES
(31)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(25)
TINDERBOXES
(24)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In tinderboxes

TINDERBOXES
(207)
TINDERBOXES
(198)
TINDERBOXES
(138)
TINDERBOXES
(132)
SEEDBOX
(125 = 75 + 50)
REBOXED
(125 = 75 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(125 = 75 + 50)
OXBITER
(122 = 72 + 50)
REBOXES
(122 = 72 + 50)
BOXIEST
(122 = 72 + 50)
INBOXES
(122 = 72 + 50)
BOXTREE
(122 = 72 + 50)
REINDEX
(119 = 69 + 50)
INDEXER
(119 = 69 + 50)
EXTENDS
(119 = 69 + 50)
DETOXES
(119 = 69 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(119 = 69 + 50)
EXISTED
(119 = 69 + 50)
INDEXES
(119 = 69 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(118 = 68 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(118 = 68 + 50)
REBOXED
(118 = 68 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(116 = 66 + 50)
SIXTEEN
(116 = 66 + 50)
REBOXED
(116 = 66 + 50)
INBOXES
(114 = 64 + 50)
BOXIEST
(114 = 64 + 50)
REBOXES
(114 = 64 + 50)
INBOXES
(114 = 64 + 50)
BOXTREE
(114 = 64 + 50)
REBOXES
(114 = 64 + 50)
BOXIEST
(114 = 64 + 50)
BOXTREE
(114 = 64 + 50)
OXBITER
(114 = 64 + 50)
OXBITER
(114 = 64 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(112 = 62 + 50)
INDEXER
(112 = 62 + 50)
EXISTED
(112 = 62 + 50)
DETOXES
(112 = 62 + 50)
INDEXES
(112 = 62 + 50)
EXTENDS
(112 = 62 + 50)
INDEXER
(110 = 60 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(110 = 60 + 50)
DETOXES
(110 = 60 + 50)
EXTENDS
(110 = 60 + 50)
REINDEX
(110 = 60 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(110 = 60 + 50)
REBOXED
(110 = 60 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(110 = 60 + 50)
INDEXES
(110 = 60 + 50)
SIXTEEN
(110 = 60 + 50)
EXISTED
(110 = 60 + 50)
BOXTREE
(107 = 57 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 57 + 50)
BOXIEST
(107 = 57 + 50)
REBOXED
(107 = 57 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 57 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(107 = 57 + 50)
INBOXES
(107 = 57 + 50)
OXBITER
(107 = 57 + 50)
REBOXES
(107 = 57 + 50)
SIXTEEN
(106 = 56 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(106 = 56 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(104 = 54 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(104 = 54 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(104 = 54 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
BOXIEST
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REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
BOXTREE
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(104 = 54 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(104 = 54 + 50)
REBOXED
(104 = 54 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(104 = 54 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(104 = 54 + 50)
BOXIEST
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXIEST
(101 = 51 + 50)
EXTENDS
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BOXTREE
(101 = 51 + 50)
REBOXED
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INBOXES
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INBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
INBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
INDEXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
OXBITER
(101 = 51 + 50)
DETOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXIEST
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REINDEX
(101 = 51 + 50)
OXBITER
(101 = 51 + 50)
OXBITER
(101 = 51 + 50)
INBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXIEST
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INBOXES
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EXISTED
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXTREE
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OXBITER
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REBOXES
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INBOXES
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BOXIEST
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REBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
REBOXES
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OXBITER
(101 = 51 + 50)
REBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
REBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(101 = 51 + 50)
OXBITER
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXTREE
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXTREE
(101 = 51 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(101 = 51 + 50)
INDEXER
(101 = 51 + 50)
REBOXES
(101 = 51 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXTREE
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BOXIEST
(101 = 51 + 50)
BOXTREE
(101 = 51 + 50)
REINDEX
(100 = 50 + 50)
REBOXES
(100 = 50 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(100 = 50 + 50)
INBOXES
(100 = 50 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(100 = 50 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(100 = 50 + 50)
SEEDBOX
(100 = 50 + 50)
TINDERBOXES
(100)
REBOXED
(100 = 50 + 50)
EXTENDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
OXBITER
(98 = 48 + 50)
OXBITER
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXTENDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXTENDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXTENDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXISTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXTENDS
(98 = 48 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
EXTENDS
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REBOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
REBOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXER
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BOXTREE
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
REINDEX
(98 = 48 + 50)
BOXTREE
(98 = 48 + 50)
DETOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
INBOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BOXIEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
INBOXES
(98 = 48 + 50)
BOXIEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
INDEXES
(96 = 46 + 50)
DEXTRIN
(96 = 46 + 50)
TINDERBOXES
(96)
SEEDBOX
(96 = 46 + 50)
OXBIRDS
(96 = 46 + 50)
SIXTEEN
(96 = 46 + 50)
INDEXER
(96 = 46 + 50)
EXISTED
(96 = 46 + 50)
REINDEX
(96 = 46 + 50)
DETOXES
(96 = 46 + 50)
REINDEX
(96 = 46 + 50)
EXTENDS
(96 = 46 + 50)
REBOXED
(96 = 46 + 50)
EXTENDS
(95 = 45 + 50)
INDEXER
(95 = 45 + 50)
DETOXES
(95 = 45 + 50)

tinderboxes in Words With Friends™

The word tinderboxes is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 23

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters tinderboxes:

TINDERBOXES
(297)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (77 words)

bedirts, bedotes, bedrest, bedsore, benders, bendier, bestrid, betides, binders, binodes, boneset, boniest, boreens, boxiest, boxtree, deboner, debones, debtors, deniers, denoise, denotes, deorbit, derbies, destine, detoxes, dextrin, diester, dieters, disrobe, ebonies, editors, endorse, enrobed, enrobes, entries, erotise, estrone, existed, extends, inboxes, inbreds, inbreed, indexer, indexes, indorse, norites, orbited, orients, oxbirds, oxbiter, rebinds, rebited, rebites, rebonds, reboxed, reboxes, reedits, reindex, rodents, roisted, rosined, seedbox, sixteen, snorted, sobered, sorbite, sortied, sterned, steroid, stonier, storied, strobed, tenders, tierods, tinders, trienes, triones

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word tinderboxes

TINDERBOXES
(297)
TINDERBOXES
(261)
TINDERBOXES
(243)
TINDERBOXES
(162)
TINDERBOXES
(150)
TINDERBOXES
(141)
TINDERBOXES
(124)
TINDERBOXES
(100)
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(100)
TINDERBOXES
(96)
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(96)
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(92)
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(92)
TINDERBOXES
(92)
TINDERBOXES
(87)
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(82)
TINDERBOXES
(82)
TINDERBOXES
(70)
TINDERBOXES
(58)
TINDERBOXES
(54)
TINDERBOXES
(54)
TINDERBOXES
(54)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(46)
TINDERBOXES
(37)
TINDERBOXES
(34)
TINDERBOXES
(33)
TINDERBOXES
(30)
TINDERBOXES
(30)
TINDERBOXES
(29)
TINDERBOXES
(29)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(27)
TINDERBOXES
(26)
TINDERBOXES
(26)
TINDERBOXES
(26)
TINDERBOXES
(26)
TINDERBOXES
(25)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In tinderboxes

TINDERBOXES
(297)
TINDERBOXES
(261)
TINDERBOXES
(243)
TINDERBOXES
(162)
SEEDBOX
(161 = 126 + 35)
BOXTREE
(158 = 123 + 35)
BOXIEST
(158 = 123 + 35)
TINDERBOXES
(150)
REBOXED
(149 = 114 + 35)
REINDEX
(143 = 108 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(143 = 108 + 35)
INBOXES
(143 = 108 + 35)
DEXTRIN
(143 = 108 + 35)
TINDERBOXES
(141)
REBOXES
(140 = 105 + 35)
OXBITER
(140 = 105 + 35)
INDEXER
(137 = 102 + 35)
INDEXES
(137 = 102 + 35)
EXTENDS
(137 = 102 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(137 = 102 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(137 = 102 + 35)
SIXTEEN
(134 = 99 + 35)
DETOXES
(134 = 99 + 35)
OXBITER
(134 = 99 + 35)
EXISTED
(134 = 99 + 35)
EXTENDS
(131 = 96 + 35)
REINDEX
(131 = 96 + 35)
EXISTED
(128 = 93 + 35)
TINDERBOXES
(124)
BOXERS
(120)
BOXIER
(120)
REBOXED
(119 = 84 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(119 = 84 + 35)
INBOXES
(119 = 84 + 35)
REBOXES
(116 = 81 + 35)
OXBITER
(116 = 81 + 35)
BOXTREE
(110 = 75 + 35)
BOXIEST
(110 = 75 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 72 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 72 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEBONER
(107 = 72 + 35)
ENROBED
(107 = 72 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BINODES
(107 = 72 + 35)
BENDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
REBOXED
(107 = 72 + 35)
INBOXES
(107 = 72 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 72 + 35)
INBOXES
(107 = 72 + 35)
INBOXES
(107 = 72 + 35)
REBOXED
(107 = 72 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 72 + 35)
INBOXES
(107 = 72 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(107 = 72 + 35)
BENDIER
(107 = 72 + 35)
BINDERS
(107 = 72 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(107 = 72 + 35)
REBOXED
(107 = 72 + 35)
DEBONES
(107 = 72 + 35)
BONIEST
(104 = 69 + 35)
BONESET
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEDIRTS
(104 = 69 + 35)
DEBTORS
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEDREST
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEDOTES
(104 = 69 + 35)
BEDSORE
(104 = 69 + 35)
EBONIES
(104 = 69 + 35)
STROBED
(104 = 69 + 35)
INBOXES
(103 = 68 + 35)
REBOXED
(103 = 68 + 35)
REBOXES
(103 = 68 + 35)
REBOXES
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXTREE
(103 = 68 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXTREE
(103 = 68 + 35)
OXBITER
(103 = 68 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXTREE
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXIEST
(103 = 68 + 35)
OXBITER
(103 = 68 + 35)
REBOXES
(103 = 68 + 35)
OXBITER
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXIEST
(103 = 68 + 35)
BOXIEST
(103 = 68 + 35)
DEXTER
(102)
DOXIES
(102)
DEXTRO
(102)
IBEXES
(102)
INDEXES
(101 = 66 + 35)
INBOXES
(101 = 66 + 35)
INBREDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
INDEXES
(101 = 66 + 35)
REBONDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
REBOXED
(101 = 66 + 35)
REBINDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SEEDBOX
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INBOXES
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BOXIEST
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OXBIRDS
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REBOXES
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OXBIRDS
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EXTENDS
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DEXTRIN
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BOXTREE
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OXBITER
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SEEDBOX
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REBOXED
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REINDEX
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REBOXED
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INDEXER
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SEEDBOX
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INBREED
(101 = 66 + 35)
EXTENDS
(101 = 66 + 35)
INDEXER
(101 = 66 + 35)
REINDEX
(101 = 66 + 35)
TINDERBOXES
(100)
TINDERBOXES
(100)
INDEXER
(99 = 64 + 35)
INDEXER
(99 = 64 + 35)
OXBIRD
(99)
EXTENDS
(99 = 64 + 35)
EXTENDS
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DEXTRIN
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INDEXER
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EXTENDS
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INDEXER
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INDEXES
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INDEXES
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INDEXES
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REINDEX
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REINDEX
(99 = 64 + 35)
REINDEX
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DEXTRIN
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REINDEX
(99 = 64 + 35)
DEXTRIN
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EXTENDS
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DEXTRIN
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INDEXES
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BOXTREE
(98 = 63 + 35)
DETOXES
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BOXTREE
(98 = 63 + 35)
DERBIES
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOXTREE
(98 = 63 + 35)
ORBITED
(98 = 63 + 35)
DEORBIT
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOXIEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOXIEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
OXBITER
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOXIEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
BOREENS
(98 = 63 + 35)
OXBITER
(98 = 63 + 35)
DISROBE
(98 = 63 + 35)
DERBIES
(98 = 63 + 35)
ENROBES
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBOXES
(98 = 63 + 35)
BESTRID
(98 = 63 + 35)
BETIDES
(98 = 63 + 35)
SOBERED
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXISTED
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBITED
(98 = 63 + 35)
SIXTEEN
(98 = 63 + 35)
REBOXES
(98 = 63 + 35)
EXISTED
(97 = 62 + 35)
SIXTEEN
(97 = 62 + 35)
DETOXES
(97 = 62 + 35)
IBEXES
(96)
TOXINS
(96)
TINDERBOXES
(96)
BRONX
(96)
TINDERBOXES
(96)
BOXERS
(96)
SEXTON
(96)
BOXIER
(96)
INBOX
(96)
SIXTEEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
SORBITE
(95 = 60 + 35)
REINDEX
(95 = 60 + 35)
INBOXES
(95 = 60 + 35)
REINDEX
(95 = 60 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(95 = 60 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBOXED
(95 = 60 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIXTEEN
(95 = 60 + 35)
EXTENDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBOXED
(95 = 60 + 35)
REINDEX
(95 = 60 + 35)
INBOXES
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBOXED
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBOXED
(95 = 60 + 35)
REBOXED
(95 = 60 + 35)
OXBIRDS
(95 = 60 + 35)
EXISTED
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INDEXER
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INBOXES
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BINDERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SEEDBOX
(95 = 60 + 35)

Words within the letters of tinderboxes

2 letter words in tinderboxes (17 words)

9 letter words in tinderboxes (4 words)

11 letter words in tinderboxes (1 word)

Words containing the sequence tinderboxes

Words that start with tinderboxes (1 word)

Words with tinderboxes in them (1 word)

Words that end with tinderboxes (1 word)

Word Growth involving tinderboxes

Shorter words in tinderboxes

ox box boxes

ox oxes boxes

ox box tinderbox

in tin tinder tinderbox

Longer words containing tinderboxes

(No longer words found)