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Surrounds

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About 2 syllables

noun · verb · 9 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of surround

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

What does surrounds mean?

noun

  1. the area in which something exists or lives

    “the country--the flat agricultural surround”

    Synonymsenvironmentenvironssurroundings

verb

  1. extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle

    “The forest surrounds my property”

    Synonymsenvironringskirtborder

  2. envelop completely

    “smother the meat in gravy”

    Synonymssmother

  3. surround so as to force to give up

    “The Turks besieged Vienna”

    Synonymsbesiegebeleaguerhem incircumvent

  4. surround with a wall in order to fortify

    Synonymswallpalisadefencefence in

Definitions shown for surround, the base form of surrounds.

Is SURROUNDS 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 SURROUNDS worth?

Scrabble

10 pts
s 1u 1r 1r 1o 1u 1n 1d 2s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
s 1u 2r 1r 1o 1u 2n 2d 2s 1

Wordfeud

12 pts
s 1u 2r 1r 1o 1u 2n 1d 2s 1

NYT Crossplay

12 pts
s 1u 2r 1r 1o 1u 2n 1d 2s 1

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

Words from the letters in SURROUNDS

Words that end like SURROUNDS

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

backgroundscompoundsconfoundsastoundsdumbfoundsexpoundsgreyhoundsimpoundsreboundsresoundsaboundsbloodhoundsplaygroundsgroundspoundssoundsboundsfoundsroundsundergroundsforegroundshoundsmoundswounds
All words ending in -OUNDS

Surrounds: quick answers

Is SURROUNDS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SURROUNDS 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 SURROUNDS worth?
SURROUNDS scores 10 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 12 in Wordfeud and 12 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does surrounds mean?
surrounds is the plural and third-person singular form of surround, which means “the area in which something exists or lives”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SURROUNDS?
You can make 117 shorter words from SURROUNDS, such as SURROUND, ROUNDS, SOUNDS, SUDORS. See the full list.