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

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

What does guides mean?

noun

  1. someone employed to conduct others

    Synonymsusher

  2. someone who shows the way by leading or advising

  3. something that offers basic information or instruction

    Synonymsguidebook

  4. a model or standard for making comparisons

    Synonymstemplatetemplet

  5. someone who can find paths through unexplored territory

    Synonymsscoutpathfinder

  6. a structure or marking that serves to direct the motion or positioning of something

verb

  1. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    Synonymssteermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvredirect

  2. take somebody somewhere

    “We lead him to our chief”

    Synonymsleadtakedirectconduct

  3. be a guiding or motivating force or drive

    “The teacher steered the gifted students towards the more challenging courses”

    Synonymssteer

  4. use as a guide

    “They had the lights to guide on”

    Synonymsguide on

  5. pass over, across, or through

    “He ran his eyes over her body”

    Synonymsrundrawpass

Definitions shown for guide, the base form of guides.

Is GUIDES 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 GUIDES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
g 2u 1i 1d 2e 1s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
g 3u 2i 1d 2e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
g 3u 2i 1d 2e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
g 4u 2i 1d 2e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in GUIDES

Anagrams 1

guised

Words that end like GUIDES

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

misguides
All words ending in -UIDES

Guides: quick answers

Is GUIDES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. GUIDES 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 GUIDES worth?
GUIDES 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 guides mean?
guides is the plural and third-person singular form of guide, which means “someone employed to conduct others”. It has 11 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in GUIDES?
You can make 61 shorter words from GUIDES, such as GUDES, GUIDE, GUIDS, DEGS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of GUIDES?
GUIDES rearranges into GUISED.