Scrabble & Words with friends points
- moves is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- moves is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- moves is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 12
Definition of moves
- give an incentive for action (verb)
Examples
- This moved me to sacrifice my career
Synonyms
- actuate
- incite
- motivate
- prompt
- propel
- be in a state of action (verb)
Synonyms
- be active
- change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically (verb)
Examples
- The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell
Synonyms
- go
- locomote
- travel
- the act of changing location from one place to another (noun)
Examples
- the movement of people from the farms to the cities
- his move put him directly in my path
Synonyms
- motion
- movement
- cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense (verb)
Examples
- The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant
Synonyms
- displace
- perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) (verb)
Examples
- We must move quickly
Synonyms
- act
- the act of changing your residence or place of business (noun)
Examples
- they say that three moves equal one fire
Synonyms
- relocation
- have a turn; make one's move in a game (verb)
Synonyms
- go
- have an emotional or cognitive impact upon (verb)
Synonyms
- affect
- impress
- strike
- follow a procedure or take a course (verb)
Synonyms
- go
- proceed
- a change of position that does not entail a change of location (noun)
Examples
- movement is a sign of life
- an impatient move of his hand
Synonyms
- motility
- motion
- movement
- progress by being changed (verb)
Synonyms
- go
- run
- propose formally; in a debate or parliamentary meeting (verb)
Synonyms
- make a motion
- arouse sympathy or compassion in (verb)
Examples
- Her fate moved us all
- change residence, affiliation, or place of employment (verb)
Examples
- We moved from Idaho to Nebraska
- The basketball player moved from one team to another
- dispose of by selling (verb)
Examples
- The chairman of the company told the salesmen to move the computers
- (game) a player's turn to take some action permitted by the rules of the game (noun)
- go or proceed from one point to another (verb)
Examples
- the debate moved from family values to the economy
- live one's life in a specified environment (verb)
Examples
- she moves in certain circles only
- move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion (verb)
Examples
- He moved his hand slightly to the right
- the act of deciding to do something (noun)
Examples
- he didn't make a move to help
- his first move was to hire a lawyer
See definition of moves in Merriam Webster