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Tongues

t 1o 1n 1g 2u 1e 1s 1

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noun · verb · 7 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of tongue

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

What does tongues mean?

noun

  1. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity

    Synonymslinguaglossaclapper

  2. a human written or spoken language used by a community; opposed to e.g. a computer language

    Synonymsnatural language

  3. any long thin projection that is transient

    “tongues of flame licked at the walls”

    Synonymsknife

  4. a manner of speaking

    “he spoke with a thick tongue”

  5. a narrow strip of land that juts out into the sea

    Synonymsspit

  6. the tongue of certain animals used as meat

verb

  1. articulate by tonguing, as when playing wind instruments

  2. lick or explore with the tongue

Definitions shown for tongue, the base form of tongues.

Is TONGUES 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 TONGUES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
t 1o 1n 1g 2u 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

11 pts
t 1o 1n 2g 3u 2e 1s 1

Wordfeud

10 pts
t 1o 1n 1g 3u 2e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

11 pts
t 1o 1n 1g 4u 2e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in TONGUES

Words that end like TONGUES

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

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All words ending in -UES

Tongues: quick answers

Is TONGUES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. TONGUES 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 TONGUES worth?
TONGUES scores 8 points in Scrabble, 11 in Words With Friends, 10 in Wordfeud and 11 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does tongues mean?
tongues is the plural and third-person singular form of tongue, which means “a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity”. It has 8 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in TONGUES?
You can make 168 shorter words from TONGUES, such as TOGUES, TONGUE, UNGETS, GENTS. See the full list.