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Wires

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About 1 syllable

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

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

What does wires mean?

noun

  1. ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc

  2. a metal conductor that carries electricity over a distance

    Synonymsconducting wire

  3. the finishing line on a racetrack

  4. a message transmitted by telegraph

    Synonymstelegram

verb

  1. provide with electrical circuits

    “wire the addition to the house”

  2. send cables, wires, or telegrams

    Synonymscabletelegraph

  3. fasten with wire

    “The columns were wired to the beams for support”

  4. string on a wire

    “wire beads”

  5. equip for use with electricity

    “electrify an appliance”

    Synonymselectrify

Definitions shown for wire, the base form of wires.

Is WIRES 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 WIRES worth?

Scrabble

8 pts
w 4i 1r 1e 1s 1

Words With Friends

8 pts
w 4i 1r 1e 1s 1

Wordfeud

8 pts
w 4i 1r 1e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

9 pts
w 5i 1r 1e 1s 1

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

Words from the letters in WIRES

Anagrams 5

sweirswireweirswiserwries

Hooks for WIRES

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

Front hooks

swirestwires

Back hooks

None

Words that end like WIRES

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

fireshirestiresmiressiresspiresdesiresexpiresretiresinspiresadmiresaspiresattiresempiressatiresumpiresbonfiresvampiresbackfiresconspiresperspiresquagmiressapphireswildfires
All words ending in -IRES

Wires: quick answers

Is WIRES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. WIRES 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 WIRES worth?
WIRES scores 8 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 wires mean?
wires is the plural and third-person singular form of wire, which means “ligament made of metal and used to fasten things or make cages or fences etc”. It has 9 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in WIRES?
You can make 26 shorter words from WIRES, such as REWS, WEIR, WIRE, WISE. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of WIRES?
WIRES rearranges into SWEIR, SWIRE, WEIRS, WISER, WRIES.