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Spares

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

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

What does spares mean?

noun

  1. an extra component of a machine or other apparatus

    Synonymsspare part

  2. an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle

    Synonymsfifth wheel

  3. a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls

verb

  1. refrain from harming

    Synonymssave

  2. save or relieve from an experience or action

    “I'll spare you from having to apologize formally”

  3. give up what is not strictly needed

    “he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey”

    Synonymsgive uppart withdispense with

  4. use frugally or carefully

Definitions shown for spare, the base form of spares.

Is SPARES 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 SPARES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
s 1p 3a 1r 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

9 pts
s 1p 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

9 pts
s 1p 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

8 pts
s 1p 3a 1r 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in SPARES

Anagrams 8

aspersparsespasserprasesrepassspaerssparsespears

Hooks for SPARES

Add one letter to the front or back of SPARES to make another word.

Front hooks

None

Back hooks

sparest

Words that end like SPARES

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.

sharescaresscaresstaresdaresblaresflaresglaressnaresbaresfaresharesmaresparesraresarescomparesdeclarespreparesthoroughfaresbewaresfanfaresunawaresnightmares
All words ending in -ARES

Spares: quick answers

Is SPARES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SPARES 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 SPARES worth?
SPARES 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 spares mean?
spares is the plural and third-person singular form of spare, which means “an extra component of a machine or other apparatus”. It has 7 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SPARES?
You can make 90 shorter words from SPARES, such as APERS, APRES, APSES, ASPER. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of SPARES?
SPARES rearranges into ASPERS, PARSES, PASSER, PRASES, REPASS, SPAERS, SPARSE, SPEARS.