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Indicates

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About 3 syllables

verb · 9 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of indicate

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

What does indicates mean?

verb

  1. be a signal for or a symptom of

    “These symptoms indicate a serious illness”

    Synonymsbespeakbetokenpointsignal

  2. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    “I showed the customer the glove section”

    Synonymspointdesignateshow

  3. to state or express briefly

    “indicated his wishes in a letter”

  4. give evidence of

    “The evidence argues for your claim”

    Synonymsargue

  5. suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine

    “Tetracycline is indicated in such cases”

Definitions shown for indicate, the base form of indicates.

Is INDICATES 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 INDICATES worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
i 1n 1d 2i 1c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

14 pts
i 1n 2d 2i 1c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

13 pts
i 1n 1d 2i 1c 4a 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
i 1n 1d 2i 1c 3a 1t 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in INDICATES

Anagrams 3

actinidesandesiticanticised

Hooks for INDICATES

Add one letter to the front or back of INDICATES to make another word.

Front hooks

vindicates

Back hooks

None

Words that end like INDICATES

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

dedicatesgeneratesirritatesisolatesoperatescomplicatesactivatesadvocatesallocatesautomatesdominatesestimatesmotivatesnominatespopulatesseparatessimulatestoleratescalculatescandidatescelebratescirculatesdesignatesdevastates
All words ending in -ATES

Indicates: quick answers

Is INDICATES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. INDICATES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is INDICATES worth?
INDICATES scores 12 points in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 12 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does indicates mean?
indicates is the third-person singular form of indicate, which means “be a signal for or a symptom of”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in INDICATES?
You can make 499 shorter words from INDICATES, such as ACIDIEST, ACTINIDE, CTENIDIA, DANCIEST. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of INDICATES?
INDICATES rearranges into ACTINIDES, ANDESITIC, ANTICISED.