Doubles

Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Doubles

noun

  1. Twice the number, amount, size, etc.
  2. A person who resembles and stands in for another person, often for safety purposes

    "Saddam Hussein was rumored to have many doubles."

  3. A drink with two portions of alcohol.

    "On second thought, make that a double."

  4. A ghostly apparition of a living person; doppelgänger.
  5. A sharp turn, especially a return on one's own tracks.

verb

  1. To multiply by two.

    "The company doubled their earnings per share over last quarter."

  2. To fold over so as to make two folds.

    "To make a pleat, double the material at the waist."

  3. To be the double of; to exceed by twofold; to contain or be worth twice as much as.
  4. To increase by 100%, to become twice as large in size.

    "Our earnings have doubled in the last year."

  5. To get a two-base hit.

    "The batter doubled into the corner."

noun

  1. A game between pairs of players

    "Seeing as we've got four people, let's play doubles."

  2. (campanology) bell changes rung on five bells

    "A quarter peal of plain bob doubles was rung."

  3. A sandwich of Trinidad and Tobago, made with two bara (flat fried bread) filled with curried chickpeas.
Anagrams of Doubles

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "doubles":

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "doubles" and rearranging:

Synonyms & Antonyms

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Doubles"

Doubles is a 7-letter word that scores 10 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "doubles" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Doubles" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "doubles" is a medium-scoring word.