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Is needs a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word needs is a Scrabble US word. The word needs is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is needs a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word needs is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Is needs a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word needs is a Words With Friends word. The word needs is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (5 found)

DEENS,DENES,DENSE,NEEDS,SNEED,

4-letter words (15 found)

DEEN,DEES,DENE,DENS,ENDS,ENES,ESNE,NEDS,NEED,SEED,SEEN,SEND,SENE,SNED,SNEE,

3-letter words (12 found)

DEE,DEN,EDS,EEN,END,ENE,ENS,NED,NEE,SED,SEE,SEN,

2-letter words (6 found)

DE,ED,EE,EN,ES,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 39 words from needs according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of needs

needs eneds needs eneds eends eends nedes endes ndees dnees ednes denes nedes endes ndees dnees ednes denes eedns eedns edens deens edens deens neesd enesd neesd enesd eensd eensd nesed ensed nseed sneed esned sened nesed ensed nseed sneed esned sened eesnd eesnd esend seend esend seend nedse endse ndese dnese ednse dense nesde ensde nsede snede esnde sende ndsee dnsee nsdee sndee dsnee sdnee edsne desne esdne sedne dsene sdene nedse endse ndese dnese ednse dense nesde ensde nsede snede esnde sende ndsee dnsee nsdee sndee dsnee sdnee edsne desne esdne sedne dsene sdene eedsn eedsn edesn deesn edesn deesn eesdn eesdn esedn seedn esedn seedn edsen desen esden seden dseen sdeen edsen desen esden seden dseen sdeen

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word needs. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in needs.

Definitions and meaning of needs

needs

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /niːdz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /nidz/
  • Rhymes: -iːdz

Etymology 1

From Middle English nedes (“of necessity, necessarily; inevitably, unavoidably”) [and other forms], from Old English nēdes, nīedes (“of necessity; not willingly”), originally the genitive form of nīed (“necessity, need; distress”), from nīed + -es (suffix forming adverbs from nouns). Nīed is ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *naut- (“misfortune, torment”), from *nāw- (“corpse; the dead”).

The English word is equivalent to need +‎ -'s (possessive marker) and hence to need +‎ -s (suffix forming adverbs).

Adverb

needs (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Either directly or indirectly preceded or followed by an auxiliary verb, often must: of necessity or need; necessarily, indispensably.
Alternative forms
  • needes (obsolete)
Derived terms
  • must needs, needs must
  • needs-cost
  • needs must when the devil drives
Translations

Etymology 2

From need +‎ -s.

Noun

needs

  1. plural of need

Etymology 3

From need +‎ -s.

Verb

needs

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of need
Usage notes
  • When need is used as a modal verb, no -s is added in the third-person singular, just as no -s is added to the other modal verbs, for example “she need not [instead of needs not] go to school today”.

References

Anagrams

  • Denes, Edens, Sneed, denes, dense, edens, sende, sneed

Source: wiktionary.org