intertubes

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
15
Letters
10

Definition of intertubes

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

name

  1. (Internet, humorous, plural, plural-only)The Internet.
    “Nameserver administrators also provide email forwarding, which is the equivalent of call-forwarding on the Intertubes.”
    “(If you missed my musings, you can find them on the Intertubes here [link removed])”
    “Go on out to the wilds of the Intertubes and have a look: there are approximately 8,234,58721 vegan food blogs […]”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Blend of Internet + tubes. Inspired by the famous "series of tubes" analogy used on June 28, 2006 by then United States Senator Ted Stevens to describe the Internet.

Anagrams of intertubes

3 plays · some not in Scrabble

Words you can make from intertubes

200+ playable · top: BRUNETTES (11 pts)

Best play brunettes 11 points

9-letter words

2 words

8-letter words

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7-letter words

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6-letter words

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5-letter words

18 words

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