HESITATES Meaning, Scrabble Score and Anagrams

What HESITATES Means

HESITATES is a form of HESITATE, which means:

verb: pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness“Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
verb: interrupt temporarily an activity before continuing“The speaker paused”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HESITATES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 E1 S1 I1 T1 A1 T1 E1 S1.

Anagrams of HESITATES (2)

Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.

ATHETESIS ATHETISES

Words Made From The Letters In HESITATES

260 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 (7)

ATHEISES ATHEISTS ATHETISE ESTHESIA HASTIEST HESITATE STAITHES

7 letter words (14)

ASHIEST ATHEISE ATHEIST EASIEST ESTATES HEASTES HESSITE HETTIES SAITHES STAITHE STAITHS STASHIE TAISHES THEISTS

6 letter words (35)

5 letter words (59)

4 letter words (76)

3 letter words (48)

AHI AHS AIS AIT ASH ATE ATS ATT EAS EAT EHS ESS EST ETA ETH HAE HAS HAT HES HET HIE HIS HIT ISH ITA ITS SAE SAI SAT SEA SEE SEI SET SHA SHE SIS SIT TAE TAI TAS TAT TEA TEE TES TET THE TIE TIS

2 letter words (21)

AE AH AI AS AT EA EE EH ES ET HA HE HI IS IT SH SI ST TA TE TI

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

HESITATES