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Welfares

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About 2 syllables

noun · 8 letters · Rare · plural of welfare

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

What does welfares mean?

noun

  1. governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need

    “she lives on welfare”

    Synonymssocial welfarepublic assistance

  2. something that aids or promotes well-being

    “for the benefit of all”

    Synonymsbenefit

  3. a contented state of being happy and healthy and prosperous

    “the town was finally on the upbeat after our recent troubles”

    Synonymswellbeingupbeateudaemoniaeudaimonia

Definitions shown for welfare, the base form of welfares.

Is WELFARES 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 WELFARES worth?

Scrabble

14 pts
w 4e 1l 1f 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

15 pts
w 4e 1l 2f 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

14 pts
w 4e 1l 1f 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

16 pts
w 5e 1l 2f 4a 1r 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in WELFARES

Words that end like WELFARES

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

comparesdeclarespreparesfanfaresbewaresnightmaressharescaresscaressparesstaresdaresthoroughfaresunawaresblaresflaresglaressnaresbaresfaresharesmaresparesrares
All words ending in -ARES

Welfares: quick answers

Is WELFARES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WELFARES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 14 points before board bonuses.
How many points is WELFARES worth?
WELFARES scores 14 points in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends, 14 in Wordfeud and 16 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does welfares mean?
welfares is the plural of welfare, which means “governmental provision of economic assistance to persons in need”. It has 3 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WELFARES?
You can make 256 shorter words from WELFARES, such as WELFARE, REFLEW, WAFERS, FEWER. See the full list.