What DECIDES Means
DECIDES is a form of DECIDE, which means:
- verb: reach, make, or come to a decision about something“We finally decided after lengthy deliberations”
- verb: bring to an end; settle conclusively“The case was decided”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DECIDES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 C3 I1 D2 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.
Words Made From The Letters In DECIDES
63 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 (5)
5 letter words (12)
4 letter words (21)
3 letter words (17)
2 letter words (8)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.