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FIXES

5 letters, 15 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What FIXES Means

FIXES is a form of FIX, which means:

  1. verb: restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken“She repaired her TV set”
  2. verb: cause to be firmly attached“fasten the lock onto the door”
  3. noun: informal terms for a difficult situation“he got into a terrible fix”
  4. noun: something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug“she needed a fix of chocolate”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

FIXES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 I1 X8 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In FIXES

19 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 (2)

3 letter words (9)

2 letter words (8)

Longer Words Containing FIXES

FIXES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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