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DESIRES

7 letters, 8 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DESIRES Means

DESIRES is a form of DESIRE, which means:

  1. noun: the feeling that accompanies an unsatisfied state
  2. noun: an inclination to want things“a man of many desires”
  3. verb: feel or have a desire for; want strongly“I want to go home now”
  4. verb: expect and wish“I trust you will behave better from now on”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESIRES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 I1 R1 E1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 58 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Anagrams of DESIRES (1)

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

Words Made From The Letters In DESIRES

111 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 (12)

5 letter words (28)

4 letter words (38)

3 letter words (23)

2 letter words (10)

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