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DESCRIBES

9 letters, 14 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What DESCRIBES Means

DESCRIBES is a form of DESCRIBE, which means:

  1. verb: give a description of“He drew an elaborate plan of attack”
  2. verb: to give an account or representation of in words“Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DESCRIBES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 E1 S1 C3 R1 I1 B3 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In DESCRIBES

282 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 (4)

7 letter words (12)

6 letter words (43)

5 letter words (86)

4 letter words (85)

3 letter words (40)

2 letter words (12)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.