What HATES Means
HATES is a form of HAT, which means:
- noun: headdress that protects the head from bad weather; has shaped crown and usually a brim
- noun: an informal term for a person's role“he took off his politician's hat and talked frankly”
- verb: put on or wear a hat“He was unsuitably hatted”
- verb: furnish with a hat
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
HATES 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 H4 A1 T1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of HATES (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In HATES
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.
4 letter words (24)
3 letter words (26)
2 letter words (14)
Longer Words Containing HATES
HATES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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