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Respires

r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

verb · 8 letters · Less common · third-person singular form of respire

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

What does respires mean?

verb

  1. breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety

  2. undergo the biomedical and metabolic processes of respiration by taking up oxygen and producing carbon monoxide

  3. draw air into, and expel out of, the lungs

    “I can breathe better when the air is clean”

    Synonymsbreathetake a breathsuspire

Definitions shown for respire, the base form of respires.

Is RESPIRES 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 RESPIRES worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

11 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 4i 1r 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

11 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 4i 1r 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
r 1e 1s 1p 3i 1r 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in RESPIRES

Anagrams 2

priseresreprises

Words that end like RESPIRES

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

desiresinspiresexpiresretiresbonfiresvampiresadmiresaspiresattiresbackfiresconspiresempiresperspiresquagmiressapphiressatiresumpireswildfirestranspiresfireshirestireswiresspires
All words ending in -IRES

Respires: quick answers

Is RESPIRES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. RESPIRES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 10 points before board bonuses.
How many points is RESPIRES worth?
RESPIRES scores 10 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends, 11 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does respires mean?
respires is the third-person singular form of respire, which means “breathe easily again, as after exertion or anxiety”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in RESPIRES?
You can make 153 shorter words from RESPIRES, such as ESPIERS, PERRIES, PRESSER, PRESSIE. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of RESPIRES?
RESPIRES rearranges into PRISERES, REPRISES.