What FIRES Means
FIRES is a form of FIR, which means:
- noun: nonresinous wood of a fir tree
- noun: any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FIRES 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 F4 I1 R1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of FIRES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In FIRES
42 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 (16)
3 letter words (18)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing FIRES
FIRES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
BACKFIRESBALEFIRESBONFIRESBRUSHFIRESBUSHFIRESCAMPFIRESCEASEFIRESCROSSFIRESDRUMFIRESENFIRESFIRESCREENFIRESHIPFIRESHIPSFIRESIDEFIRESIDESFIRESTONEFIRESTONESFIRESTORMFIRESTORMSFOXFIRESGUNFIRESHANGFIRESHELLFIRESMISFIRESNEEDFIRESNIGHTFIRESOUTFIRESPORTFIRESPREFIRESREFIRESRETROFIRESRIMFIRESSHELLFIRESSPITFIRESUNDERFIRESWILDFIRES
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