What COMMENCES Means
COMMENCES is a form of COMMENCE, which means:
- verb: take the first step or steps in carrying out an action“We began working at dawn”
- verb: set in motion, cause to start“The U.S. started a war in the Middle East”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
COMMENCES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as C3 O1 M3 M3 E1 N1 C3 E1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In COMMENCES
121 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.
8 letter words (1)
7 letter words (1)
6 letter words (4)
5 letter words (21)
CENSECOMESCOMMSCONESCOSECMEMESMEMOSMENESMENSEMESNEMESONMNEMEMOMESNEEMSNOMESOMENSONCESSCENESCONESECCOSONCE
4 letter words (46)
CEESCENSCOMECOMMCOMSCONECONSCOSEECCEECCOECOSEMESEMOSENESEONSESNEMEESMEMEMEMOMEMSMENEMENOMESEMOCSMOESMOMEMOMSMONSMOSENEEMNOESNOMENOMSNOSEOMENONCEONESSECOSEEMSEENSEMESENESMEESNEESOMESONE
3 letter words (34)
CEECONCOSECOEENEMEEMOEMSENEENSEONMEEMEMMENMESMOCMOEMOMMONMOSNEENOMNOSOESOMSONEONSOSESECSEESENSOCSOMSON
2 letter words (14)
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