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Presses

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About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 7 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of press

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

What does presses mean?

noun

  1. the state of demanding notice or attention

    “the insistence of their hunger”

    Synonymsimperativenessinsistenceinsistencypressure

  2. the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

    Synonymspublic press

  3. a machine used for printing

    Synonymsprinting press

  4. a dense crowd of people

    Synonymscrushjam

  5. a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

    Synonymswardrobecloset

  6. clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

verb

  1. exert pressure or force to or upon

    “He pressed down on the boards”

  2. force or impel in an indicated direction

    “I urged him to finish his studies”

    Synonymsurgeurge onexhort

  3. to be oppressive or burdensome

    “weigh heavily on the mind”

    Synonymsweigh

  4. place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

    “pressed flowers”

  5. squeeze or press together

    “she compressed her lips”

    Synonymscompressconstrictsqueezecompactcontract

  6. crowd closely

    “The crowds pressed along the street”

Definitions shown for press, the base form of presses.

Is PRESSES 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 PRESSES worth?

Scrabble

9 pts
p 3r 1e 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
p 4r 1e 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
p 4r 1e 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

9 pts
p 3r 1e 1s 1s 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in PRESSES

Anagrams 1

sperses

Words that end like PRESSES

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

blessesdressesmessesstressesaddressesprocessesaccessesassessesobsessespossesseswitnessesbusinessesdistressesprogressesweaknessescaressesexcessesfinessesrecessesabscessesactressesconfessesdigressesduchesses
All words ending in -ESSES

Presses: quick answers

Is PRESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PRESSES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 9 points before board bonuses.
How many points is PRESSES worth?
PRESSES scores 9 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 9 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does presses mean?
presses is the plural and third-person singular form of press, which means “the state of demanding notice or attention”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PRESSES?
You can make 54 shorter words from PRESSES, such as PERSES, PRESES, SEPSES, SPEERS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of PRESSES?
PRESSES rearranges into SPERSES.