What IRES Means
IRES is a form of IRE, which means:
- noun: a strong emotion; a feeling that is oriented toward some real or supposed grievance
- noun: belligerence aroused by a real or supposed wrong (personified as one of the deadly sins)
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
IRES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 4 in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as I1 R1 E1 S1.
Anagrams of IRES (4)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In IRES
13 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.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing IRES
IRES appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ACQUIRESACROSPIRESADMIRESAFFAIRESAIRESTARMOIRESASPIRESATTIRESAVODIRESBACKFIRESBAIGNOIRESBALEFIRESBARBWIRESBEMIRESBONFIRESBRUSHFIRESBUSHFIRESCAMPFIRESCAMPHIRESCASIMIRESCEASEFIRESCHESHIRESCIRESCOADMIRESCOHEIRESSCONSPIRESCROSSFIRESDESIRESDIRESTDISATTIRESDRUMFIRESECRITOIRESEMPAIRESEMPIRESENFIRESENQUIRESENTIRESESQUIRESESQUIRESSEXPIRES
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