What DEFINES Means
DEFINES is a form of DEFINE, which means:
- verb: determine the essential quality of
- verb: give a definition for the meaning of a word“Define ‘sadness’”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DEFINES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 F4 I1 N1 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 DEFINES
137 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 (7)
5 letter words (27)
DEENSDEFISDENESDENISDENSEDIENEDINESFEEDSFEENSFENDSFENISFIDESFIENDFINDSFINEDFINESIDEESNEEDSNEIFSNIDESNIEFSNIFESSDEINSEINESINEDSNEEDSNIDE
4 letter words (52)
DEENDEESDEFIDEIFDENEDENIDENSDESIDIESDIFSDINEDINSEIDEEINEENDSENESESNEFEDSFEEDFEENFEESFEISFENDFENIFENSFIDSFINDFINEFINSIDEEIDESNEDSNEEDNEFSNEIFNIDENIDSNIEDNIEFNIESNIFESEEDSEENSEIFSENDSENESIDESIENSINDSINESNEDSNEE
3 letter words (37)
DEEDEFDEIDENDIEDIFDINDISEDSEENEFSENDENEENSFEDFEEFENFESFIDFIEFINIDEIDSIFSINSNEDNEENEFNIDNIENISSEDSEESEISENSIFSIN
2 letter words (14)
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