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noun · verb · 5 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of try

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does tries mean?

noun

  1. earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something

    “made an effort to cover all the reading material”

    Synonymsattempteffortendeavorendeavour

verb

  1. make an effort or attempt

    “He tried to shake off his fears”

    Synonymsseekattemptessayassay

  2. put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to

    “This approach has been tried with good results”

    Synonymstestprovetry outexamineessay

  3. put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

    “The football star was tried for the murder of his wife”

    Synonymsjudgeadjudicate

  4. take a sample of

    “Try these new crackers”

    Synonymssampletry outtaste

  5. examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process

    “The jury had heard all the evidence”

    Synonymshear

  6. give pain or trouble to

    “I've been sorely tried by these students”

Definitions shown for try, the base form of tries.

Is TRIES 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) Yes

How many points is TRIES worth?

Scrabble

5 pts
t 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

5 pts
t 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

5 pts
t 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

5 pts
t 1r 1i 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in TRIES

Anagrams 6

reistresitritesstiretierstires

Words that end like TRIES

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

fliesfriesdiesliestiescriesdriesspiespliespriesshiesskiespiesviesbodiesburiescopiesladiesseriesvariesappliescarriesimplieslorries
All words ending in -IES

Tries: quick answers

Is TRIES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. TRIES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 5 points before board bonuses.
How many points is TRIES worth?
TRIES scores 5 points in Scrabble, 5 in Words With Friends, 5 in Wordfeud and 5 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does tries mean?
tries is the plural and third-person singular form of try, which means “earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something”. It has 7 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in TRIES?
You can make 45 shorter words from TRIES, such as ERST, IRES, REIS, REST. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of TRIES?
TRIES rearranges into REIST, RESIT, RITES, STIRE, TIERS, TIRES.