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Prescribes

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About 2 syllables

verb · 10 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of prescribe

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

What does prescribes mean?

verb

  1. issue commands or orders for

    Synonymsorderdictate

  2. recommend as beneficial

    “my mother prescribes a good night's sleep as the cure for all ills”

  3. (medicine) order the use of (a treatment, medicine, etc.), usually by written prescription

    “the doctor prescribed steroids for my ear trouble”

Definitions shown for prescribe, the base form of prescribes.

Is PRESCRIBES 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 PRESCRIBES worth?

Scrabble

16 pts
p 3r 1e 1s 1c 3r 1i 1b 3e 1s 1

Words With Friends

19 pts
p 4r 1e 1s 1c 4r 1i 1b 4e 1s 1

Wordfeud

19 pts
p 4r 1e 1s 1c 4r 1i 1b 4e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

17 pts
p 3r 1e 1s 1c 3r 1i 1b 4e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in PRESCRIBES

Words that end like PRESCRIBES

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

describessubscribesinscribestranscribesascribestribesscribesbribesjibes
All words ending in -IBES

Prescribes: quick answers

Is PRESCRIBES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PRESCRIBES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 16 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PRESCRIBES worth?
PRESCRIBES scores 16 points in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends, 19 in Wordfeud and 17 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does prescribes mean?
prescribes is the third-person singular form of prescribe, which means “issue commands or orders for”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PRESCRIBES?
You can make 327 shorter words from PRESCRIBES, such as PRESCRIBE, BESPICES, BICEPSES, BESPICE. See the full list.