What WARDS Means
WARDS is a form of WARD, which means:
- noun: a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- noun: a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections
- verb: watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect“guard my possessions while I'm away”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WARDS 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 W4 A1 R1 D2 S1.
Anagrams of WARDS (2)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In WARDS
29 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 (10)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing WARDS
WARDS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
ADWARDSAFTERWARDSAIRWARDSAWARDSBACKWARDSBEARWARDSBECOWARDSBEDWARDSCOASTWARDSCOWARDSCOWARDSHIPDEATHWARDSDOWNWARDSEARTHWARDSEASTWARDSFIELDWARDSFOREWARDSFORWARDSFRONTWARDSFROWARDSGOALWARDSGODWARDSHAYWARDSHEADWARDSHELLWARDSHIVEWARDSHOGWARDSHOMEWARDSINWARDSLANDWARDSLEEWARDSLEFTWARDSMANWARDSMISAWARDSMOONWARDSNAYWARDSNORTHWARDSNORWARDSONWARDSOUTWARDS
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