Fishes
/ˈfɪʃɪz/
Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:11 pts6 letters
Definition of Fishes
noun
- A cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills.
"Salmon is a fish."
- Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
- The flesh of the fish used as food.
"The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta."
- A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.
- A woman.
noun
verb
- To hunt fish or other aquatic animals.
"She went to the river to fish for trout."
- To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.
"They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body."
- To use as bait when fishing.
- To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.
"He was fishing for the keys in his pocket."
- (followed by "for" or "around for") To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.
"The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments."
Anagrams of Fishes
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
f4
i1
s1
h4
e1
s1
Total: 12 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Fishes
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 "Fishes"
Fishes is a 6-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Fishes" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "fishes" is a medium-scoring word.