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Scares

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noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of scare

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

What does scares mean?

noun

  1. sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events

    “panic in the stock market”

    Synonymspanic

  2. a sudden attack of fear

    Synonymspanic attack

verb

  1. cause fear in

    “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”

    Synonymsfrightenfrightaffright

  2. cause to lose courage

    “dashed by the refusal”

    Synonymsdauntdashscare offpallfrighten off

Definitions shown for scare, the base form of scares.

Is SCARES 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 SCARES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
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Words With Friends

9 pts
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Wordfeud

9 pts
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NYT Crossplay

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

Words from the letters in SCARES

Anagrams 6

caresscarsescrasesescarsscraesseracs

Words that end like SCARES

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

sharescaressparesstaresdaresblaresflaresglaressnaresbaresfaresharesmaresparesraresarescomparesdeclarespreparesthoroughfaresbewaresfanfaresunawaresnightmares
All words ending in -ARES

Scares: quick answers

Is SCARES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SCARES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 8 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SCARES worth?
SCARES scores 8 points in Scrabble, 9 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 8 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does scares mean?
scares is the plural and third-person singular form of scare, which means “sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events”. It has 4 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SCARES?
You can make 70 shorter words from SCARES, such as ACERS, ACRES, CARES, CARSE. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of SCARES?
SCARES rearranges into CARESS, CARSES, CRASES, ESCARS, SCRAES, SERACS.