What FIXATES Means
FIXATES is a form of FIXATE, which means:
- verb: attach (oneself) to a person or thing in a neurotic way“He fixates on his mother, even at the age of 40”
- verb: pay attention to exclusively and obsessively“The media are fixating on Princess Diana's death”
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FIXATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 I1 X8 A1 T1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 67 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In FIXATES
131 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 (18)
4 letter words (41)
AITSATESAXESAXISEASTEATSEFTSETASEXITFAIXFASTFATEFATSFEATFEISFESTFETAFETSFIATFISTFITSFIXTITASSAFESAFTSATESATISAXESEATSEIFSETASEXTSIFTSITESTIETAESTAISTAXITEASTEFSTIES
3 letter words (46)
AFTAISAITATEATSAXEEASEATEFSEFTESTETAFAEFASFATFAXFESFETFIEFITFIXIFSITAITSSAESAISATSAXSEASEISETSIFSITSIXTAETAITASTAXTEATEFTESTEXTIETISTIXXIS
2 letter words (21)
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