Scrabble & Words with friends points
- kills is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
- kills is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
- kills is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of kills
- mark for deletion, rub off, or erase (verb)
Examples
- kill these lines in the President's speech
Synonyms
- obliterate
- wipe out
- end or extinguish by forceful means (verb)
Synonyms
- stamp out
- thwart the passage of (verb)
Examples
- kill a motion
Synonyms
- defeat
- shoot down
- vote down
- vote out
- drink down entirely (verb)
Examples
- She killed a bottle of brandy that night
Synonyms
- belt down
- bolt down
- down
- drink down
- pop
- pour down
- toss off
- the act of terminating a life (noun)
Synonyms
- killing
- putting to death
- be fatal (verb)
Examples
- cigarettes kill
- drunken driving kills
- be the source of great pain for (verb)
Examples
- These new shoes are killing me!
- cause the death of, without intention (verb)
Examples
- She was killed in the collision of three cars
- cause to cease operating (verb)
Examples
- kill the engine
- cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly (verb)
Examples
- This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank
- The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
- deprive of life (verb)
Examples
- AIDS has killed thousands in Africa
- destroy a vitally essential quality of or in (verb)
Examples
- Eating artichokes kills the taste of all other foods
- hit with great force (verb)
Examples
- He killed the ball
- hit with so much force as to make a return impossible, in racket games (verb)
Examples
- She killed the ball
- overwhelm with hilarity, pleasure, or admiration (verb)
Examples
- The comedian was so funny, he was killing me!
- the body of an animal, or bodies of animals, killed by a person or another animal (noun)
- the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile (noun)
Examples
- the pilot reported two kills during the mission
- tire out completely (verb)
Examples
- The daily stress of her work is killing her
See definition of kills in Merriam Webster