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Substitutes

s 1u 1b 3s 1t 1i 1t 1u 1t 1e 1s 1

About 3 syllables

noun · verb · 11 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of substitute

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

What does substitutes mean?

noun

  1. a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another

    Synonymsreplacement

  2. an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced

    Synonymsreserve

  3. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

    “the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes”

    Synonymsreliefrelieverbackupbackup man

verb

  1. put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items

    “the con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt”

    Synonymsreplaceinterchangeexchange

  2. be a substitute

    “The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague”

    Synonymssubstand infill in

  3. act as a substitute

    “She stood in for the soprano who suffered from a cold”

    Synonymsdeputizedeputisestep in

Definitions shown for substitute, the base form of substitutes.

Is SUBSTITUTES 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 SUBSTITUTES worth?

Scrabble

13 pts
s 1u 1b 3s 1t 1i 1t 1u 1t 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

16 pts
s 1u 2b 4s 1t 1i 1t 1u 2t 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

16 pts
s 1u 2b 4s 1t 1i 1t 1u 2t 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

16 pts
s 1u 2b 4s 1t 1i 1t 1u 2t 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in SUBSTITUTES

Words that end like SUBSTITUTES

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

distributesexecutesconstitutescontributesprostitutesattributespersecutesprosecutesinstitutesparachutesabsolutescomputesminuteselectrocutesredistributescommutesdisputespollutesstatutestributesdilutesrefutesreputessalutes
All words ending in -UTES

Substitutes: quick answers

Is SUBSTITUTES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SUBSTITUTES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SUBSTITUTES worth?
SUBSTITUTES scores 13 points in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends, 16 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does substitutes mean?
substitutes is the plural and third-person singular form of substitute, which means “a person or thing that takes or can take the place of another”. It has 6 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SUBSTITUTES?
You can make 158 shorter words from SUBSTITUTES, such as SUBSTITUTE, BUSTIEST, SUBSITES, SUBTESTS. See the full list.