What FOCUSES Means
FOCUSES is a form of FOCUS, which means:
- noun: the concentration of attention or energy on something“the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology”
- noun: maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system“in focus”
- verb: direct one's attention on something“Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies”
- verb: cause to converge on or toward a central point“Focus the light on this image”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
FOCUSES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as F4 O1 C3 U1 S1 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Anagrams of FOCUSES (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In FOCUSES
64 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 (3)
5 letter words (8)
4 letter words (23)
3 letter words (21)
2 letter words (9)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.