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Guards

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noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of guard

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

What does guards mean?

noun

  1. a person who keeps watch over something or someone

  2. the person who plays that position on a football team

    “the left guard was injured on the play”

  3. a device designed to prevent injury or accidents

    Synonymssafetysafety device

  4. a posture of defence in boxing or fencing

    “keep your guard up”

  5. the person who plays the position of guard on a basketball team

  6. a military unit serving to protect some place or person

verb

  1. to keep watch over

    “there would be men guarding the horses”

  2. watch over or shield from danger or harm; protect

    “guard my possessions while I'm away”

    Synonymsward

  3. protect against a challenge or attack

    “Hold that position behind the trees!”

    Synonymsdefendhold

  4. take precautions in order to avoid some unwanted consequence

    “guard against becoming too friendly with the staff”

Definitions shown for guard, the base form of guards.

Is GUARDS 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 GUARDS worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
g 2u 1a 1r 1d 2s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
g 3u 2a 1r 1d 2s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
g 3u 2a 1r 1d 2s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
g 4u 2a 1r 1d 2s 1

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

Words from the letters in GUARDS

Anagrams 1

gradus

Words that end like GUARDS

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

safeguardsvanguardsbodyguardslifeguards
All words ending in -UARDS

Guards: quick answers

Is GUARDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. GUARDS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is GUARDS worth?
GUARDS scores 8 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does guards mean?
guards is the plural and third-person singular form of guard, which means “a person who keeps watch over something or someone”. It has 10 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in GUARDS?
You can make 78 shorter words from GUARDS, such as DARGS, DRAGS, DRUGS, GAUDS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of GUARDS?
GUARDS rearranges into GRADUS.