Scrabble & Words with friends points
- receives is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
- receives is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
- receives is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15
Definition of receives
- experience as a reaction (verb)
Synonyms
- encounter
- meet
- register (perceptual input) (verb)
Synonyms
- pick up
- receive as a retribution or punishment (verb)
Synonyms
- get
- bid welcome to; greet upon arrival (verb)
Synonyms
- welcome
- go through (mental or physical states or experiences) (verb)
Examples
- receive injuries
Synonyms
- experience
- get
- have
- get something; come into possession of (verb)
Examples
- receive payment
- receive a gift
- receive letters from the front
Synonyms
- have
- receive a specified treatment (abstract) (verb)
Examples
- These aspects of civilization do not find expression or receive an interpretation
- His movie received a good review
Synonyms
- find
- get
- incur
- obtain
- express willingness to have in one's home or environs (verb)
Examples
- The community warmly received the refugees
Synonyms
- invite
- take in
- accept as true or valid (verb)
Examples
- He received Christ
- convert into sounds or pictures (verb)
Examples
- receive the incoming radio signals
- have or give a reception (verb)
- partake of the Holy Eucharist sacrament (verb)
- regard favorably or with disapproval (verb)
Examples
- Her new collection of poems was not well received
See definition of receives in Merriam Webster