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Urges

u 1r 1g 2e 1s 1

About 2 syllables

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

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

What does urges mean?

noun

  1. an instinctive motive

    “profound religious impulses”

    Synonymsimpulse

  2. a strong restless desire

    “why this urge to travel?”

    Synonymsitch

verb

  1. force or impel in an indicated direction

    “I urged him to finish his studies”

    Synonymsurge onpressexhort

  2. push for something

    “The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day”

    Synonymsrecommendadvocate

  3. spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

    “The crowd cheered the demonstrating strikers”

    Synonymscheerroot oninspirebarrackurge on

Definitions shown for urge, the base form of urges.

Is URGES 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 URGES worth?

Scrabble

6 pts
u 1r 1g 2e 1s 1

Words With Friends

8 pts
u 2r 1g 3e 1s 1

Wordfeud

8 pts
u 2r 1g 3e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

9 pts
u 2r 1g 4e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in URGES

Anagrams 2

gruessurge

Hooks for URGES

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

Front hooks

gurgespurgessurges

Back hooks

None

Words that end like URGES

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

purgessurgessplurges
All words ending in -URGES

Urges: quick answers

Is URGES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. URGES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 6 points before board bonuses.
How many points is URGES worth?
URGES scores 6 points in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends, 8 in Wordfeud and 9 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does urges mean?
urges is the plural and third-person singular form of urge, which means “an instinctive motive”. It has 5 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in URGES?
You can make 36 shorter words from URGES, such as ERGS, GRUE, GUES, GURS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of URGES?
URGES rearranges into GRUES, SURGE.