What WHEEZES Means
WHEEZES is a form of WHEEZE, which means:
- noun: breathing with a husky or whistling sound
- noun: (Briticism) a clever or amusing scheme or trick“a clever wheeze probably succeeded in neutralizing the German espionage threat”
- verb: breathe with difficulty
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
WHEEZES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 22 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as W4 H4 E1 E1 Z10 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 72 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In WHEEZES
26 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 (2)
5 letter words (1)
4 letter words (7)
3 letter words (10)
2 letter words (6)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.