Heats
/hiːts/
noun
- Thermal energy.
"This furnace puts out 5000 BTUs of heat. That engine is really throwing off some heat. Removal of heat from the liquid caused it to turn into a solid."
- The condition or quality of being hot.
"Stay out of the heat of the sun!"
- An attribute of a spice that causes a burning sensation in the mouth.
"The chili sauce gave the dish heat."
- A period of intensity, particularly of emotion.
"It's easy to make bad decisions in the heat of the moment."
- An undesirable amount of attention.
"The heat from her family after her DUI arrest was unbearable."
verb
- To cause an increase in temperature of (an object or space); to cause to become hot (often with "up").
"I'll heat up the water."
- To become hotter.
"There's a pot of soup heating on the stove."
- To excite or make hot by action or emotion; to make feverish.
- To excite ardour in; to rouse to action; to excite to excess; to inflame, as the passions.
- To arouse, to excite (sexually).
"The massage heated her up."
Total: 8 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
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 "Heats"
Heats is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "heats" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Heats" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "heats" is a low-scoring word.