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Retires

r 1e 1t 1i 1r 1e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

verb · 7 letters · Very common · third-person singular form of retire

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

What does retires mean?

verb

  1. go into retirement; stop performing one's work or withdraw from one's position

    “He retired at age 68”

  2. withdraw from active participation

    “He retired from chess”

    Synonymswithdraw

  3. pull back or move away or backward

    “The enemy withdrew”

    Synonymswithdrawretreatpull awaydraw backrecede

  4. withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

  5. break from a meeting or gathering

    “We adjourned for lunch”

    Synonymsadjournwithdraw

  6. make (someone) retire

    “The director was retired after the scandal”

Definitions shown for retire, the base form of retires.

Is RETIRES 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 RETIRES worth?

Scrabble

7 pts
r 1e 1t 1i 1r 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

7 pts
r 1e 1t 1i 1r 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

7 pts
r 1e 1t 1i 1r 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

7 pts
r 1e 1t 1i 1r 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in RETIRES

Anagrams 5

etriersreitersrestierretriesterries

Words that end like RETIRES

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.

desiresexpiresinspiresadmiresaspiresattiresempiressatiresumpiresbonfiresvampiresbackfiresconspiresperspiresquagmiressapphireswildfirestranspiresfireshirestireswiresspiresmires
All words ending in -IRES

Retires: quick answers

Is RETIRES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. RETIRES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 7 points before board bonuses.
How many points is RETIRES worth?
RETIRES scores 7 points in Scrabble, 7 in Words With Friends, 7 in Wordfeud and 7 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does retires mean?
retires is the third-person singular form of retire, which means “go into retirement”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in RETIRES?
You can make 97 shorter words from RETIRES, such as ETRIER, REITER, RERISE, RESITE. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of RETIRES?
RETIRES rearranges into ETRIERS, REITERS, RESTIER, RETRIES, TERRIES.