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KEEPS

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What KEEPS Means

KEEPS is a form of KEEP, which means:

  1. verb: cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity“hold in place”
  2. verb: continue a certain state, condition, or activity“Keep on working!”
  3. noun: the financial means whereby one lives“each child was expected to pay for their keep”
  4. noun: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

KEEPS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as K5 E1 E1 P3 S1.

Anagrams of KEEPS (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

Words Made From The Letters In KEEPS

20 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 (11)

3 letter words (6)

2 letter words (3)

Longer Words Containing KEEPS

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

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