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Escapes

e 1s 1c 3a 1p 3e 1s 1

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noun · verb · 7 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of escape

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does escapes mean?

noun

  1. the act of escaping physically

    “he made his escape from the mental hospital”

    Synonymsflight

  2. an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy

    “romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life”

    Synonymsescapism

  3. nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do

    “his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible”

    Synonymsevasiondodging

  4. an avoidance of danger or difficulty

    “that was a narrow escape”

  5. a means or way of escaping

    “hard work was his escape from worry”

  6. a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

verb

  1. run away from confinement

    “The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison”

    Synonymsget awaybreak loose

  2. fail to experience

    “Fortunately, I missed the hurricane”

    Synonymsmiss

  3. escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

    “She gets away with murder!”

    Synonymsget offget awayget byget out

  4. be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by

    “What you are seeing in him eludes me”

    Synonymselude

  5. remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion

    “We escaped to our summer house for a few days”

    Synonymsget away

  6. flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

    “If you see this man, run!”

    Synonymsscatrunscarperturn taillam

Definitions shown for escape, the base form of escapes.

Is ESCAPES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is ESCAPES worth?

Scrabble

11 pts
e 1s 1c 3a 1p 3e 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
e 1s 1c 4a 1p 4e 1s 1

Wordfeud

13 pts
e 1s 1c 4a 1p 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
e 1s 1c 3a 1p 3e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in ESCAPES

Words that end like ESCAPES

Common words that share the ending -APES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -APES

Escapes: quick answers

Is ESCAPES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. ESCAPES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 11 points before board bonuses.
How many points is ESCAPES worth?
ESCAPES scores 11 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does escapes mean?
escapes is the plural and third-person singular form of escape, which means “the act of escaping physically”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in ESCAPES?
You can make 90 shorter words from ESCAPES, such as ESCAPE, PEACES, SCAPES, SPACES. See the full list.