What STRIKES Means
STRIKES is a form of STRIKE, which means:
- verb: deliver a sharp blow, as with the hand, fist, or weapon“The teacher struck the child”
- verb: have an emotional or cognitive impact upon“This child impressed me as unusually mature”
- noun: a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions“the strike lasted more than a month before it was settled”
- noun: an attack that is intended to seize or inflict damage on or destroy an objective“the strike was scheduled to begin at dawn”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
STRIKES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 T1 R1 I1 K5 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In STRIKES
148 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.
6 letter words (15)
5 letter words (38)
KEIRSKESTSKIERSKISTSKITERKITESREIKSREISTRESITRESTSRISESRISKSRITESSEIRSSEKTSSERKSSIKERSIKESSIRESSITESSKERSSKETSSKIERSKIESSKIRTSKITESKITSSTIESSTIRESTIRKSTIRSTIERSTIKESTIRESTREKSTRESSTRIESTRIKE
4 letter words (54)
EIKSERKSERSTESTSIRESIRKSKEIRKESTKETSKIERKIRSKISSKISTKITEKITSKRISREIKREISRESTRETSRISERISKRITERITSSEIKSEIRSEISSEKTSERKSERSSETSSIESSIKESIRESIRSSISTSITESITSSKERSKETSKISSKITSRISSTIESTIRTIERTIESTIKETIKSTIRETREKTRESTRIETSKS
3 letter words (30)
2 letter words (11)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.