What NEARS Means
NEARS is a form of NEAR, which means:
- adjective: not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances“near neighbors”
- adjective: being on the left side“the near or nigh horse is the one on the left”
- adverb: near in time or place or relationship“as the wedding day drew near”
- adverb: (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but“the job is (just) about done”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
NEARS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 5 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as N1 E1 A1 R1 S1.
Anagrams of NEARS (5)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In NEARS
52 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 (18)
3 letter words (23)
2 letter words (11)
Longer Words Containing NEARS
NEARS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
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