What CIRCLES Means
CIRCLES is a form of CIRCLE, which means:
- noun: ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point“he calculated the circumference of the circle”
- noun: an unofficial association of people or groups“the smart set goes there”
- verb: travel around something“circle the globe”
- verb: move in a circular path above (someone or something)“the plane circled, looking for a landing spot”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
CIRCLES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 I1 R1 C3 L1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of CIRCLES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In CIRCLES
83 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 (6)
5 letter words (22)
4 letter words (28)
3 letter words (20)
2 letter words (7)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.