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Loses

l 1o 1s 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

verb · 5 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of lose

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does loses mean?

verb

  1. fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

    “She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat”

  2. fail to win

    “We lost the battle but we won the war”

  3. suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

    “She lost her husband in the war”

  4. miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

    “I've lost my glasses again!”

  5. allow to go out of sight or mind

    “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light”

  6. fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

    “I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!”

    Synonymsturn a loss

Definitions shown for lose, the base form of loses.

Is LOSES 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) Yes

How many points is LOSES worth?

Scrabble

5 pts
l 1o 1s 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

6 pts
l 2o 1s 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

5 pts
l 1o 1s 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

6 pts
l 2o 1s 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in LOSES

Anagrams 3

loesssloessoles

Hooks for LOSES

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

Front hooks

closesuloses

Back hooks

None

Words that end like LOSES

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

dosesnosesposeshosesrosesimposesopposescomposesproposespurposessupposesexposesdisposesdeposesreposescosmosesneurosesdiagnosesoverdosesprimrosesprognosespsychosesdecomposesinterposes
All words ending in -OSES

Loses: quick answers

Is LOSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. LOSES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 5 points before board bonuses.
How many points is LOSES worth?
LOSES scores 5 points in Scrabble, 6 in Words With Friends, 5 in Wordfeud and 6 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does loses mean?
loses is the third-person singular form of lose, which means “fail to keep or to maintain”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in LOSES?
You can make 25 shorter words from LOSES, such as LESS, LOSE, LOSS, OLES. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of LOSES?
LOSES rearranges into LOESS, SLOES, SOLES.