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CODES

5 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What CODES Means

CODES is a form of COD, which means:

  1. noun: the vessel that contains the seeds of a plant (not the seeds themselves)
  2. noun: lean white flesh of important North Atlantic food fish; usually baked or poached
  3. verb: fool or hoax“The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone”
  4. verb: harass with persistent criticism or carping“The children teased the new teacher”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

CODES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 D2 E1 S1.

Anagrams of CODES (3)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In CODES

36 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.

4 letter words (12)

3 letter words (16)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing CODES

CODES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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