Is TEARS a word?
TEARS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends, has 5 letters, and can be rearranged into 12 other words, plus 56 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, TEARS is a valid word.
What does tears mean?
noun: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
“I hate to hear the crying of a child”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
TEARS: word details
- Pronunciation: TEHRZ (approx., 1 syllable)
- Length: 5 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 12,578 5-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 5 points on the tiles.
- Wordle: five letters, so TEARS works as a Wordle guess or answer.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of tears
Shorter words inside tears
Words you can make from the letters of tears.
Solve a whole rack, not just TEARS
TEARS is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does TEARS mean?
TEARS is a noun. It means: the process of shedding tears (usually accompanied by sobs or other inarticulate sounds).
Is TEARS a valid word?
Yes, TEARS is a valid word. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.