What GIVES Means
GIVES is a form of GIVE, which means:
- verb: cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense“She gave him a black eye”
- verb: be the cause or source of“He gave me a lot of trouble”
- noun: the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
GIVES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as G2 I1 V4 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In GIVES
18 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 (6)
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (4)
Longer Words Containing GIVES
GIVES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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