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Promotes

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About 2 syllables

verb · 8 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of promote

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

What does promotes mean?

verb

  1. contribute to the progress or growth of

    “I am promoting the use of computers in the classroom”

    Synonymsadvanceboostfurtherencourage

  2. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

    “John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired”

    Synonymsupgradeadvancekick upstairsraiseelevate

  3. make publicity for; try to sell (a product)

    “The salesman is aggressively pushing the new computer model”

    Synonymsadvertiseadvertizepush

  4. be changed for a superior chess or checker piece

  5. change a pawn for a better piece by advancing it to the eighth row, or change a checker piece for a more valuable piece by moving it to the row closest to your opponent

Definitions shown for promote, the base form of promotes.

Is PROMOTES 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 PROMOTES worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
p 3r 1o 1m 3o 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

14 pts
p 4r 1o 1m 4o 1t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

13 pts
p 4r 1o 1m 3o 1t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
p 3r 1o 1m 3o 1t 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in PROMOTES

Words that end like PROMOTES

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

devotesdenotesfootnotesconnoteskeynotesbanknotescoyotesdemotesremotesnotesvotesanecdotesantidotesdotestotes
All words ending in -OTES

Promotes: quick answers

Is PROMOTES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. PROMOTES 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 PROMOTES worth?
PROMOTES 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 promotes mean?
promotes is the third-person singular form of promote, which means “contribute to the progress or growth of”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in PROMOTES?
You can make 309 shorter words from PROMOTES, such as OOSPERM, PROMOTE, STOMPER, TROMPES. See the full list.