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SAKES

5 letters, 9 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SAKES Means

SAKES is a form of SAKE, which means:

  1. noun: a reason for wanting something done“for your sake”
  2. noun: the purpose of achieving or obtaining“for the sake of argument”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SAKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 A1 K5 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SAKES

22 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 (7)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing SAKES

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

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