Hires
noun
- Payment for the temporary use of something.
"The sign offered pedalos on hire."
- Reward, payment.
- The state of being hired, or having a job; employment.
"When my grandfather retired, he had over twenty mechanics in his hire."
- A person who has been hired, especially in a cohort.
"We pair up each of our new hires with one of our original hires."
verb
- To obtain the services of in return for fixed payment.
"We hired a car for two weeks because ours had broken down."
- To employ; to obtain the services of (a person) in exchange for remuneration; to give someone a job.
"The company had problems when it tried to hire more skilled workers."
- To exchange the services of for remuneration.
"They hired themselves out as day laborers. They hired out their basement for Inauguration week."
- To accomplish by paying for services.
"After waiting two years for her husband to finish the tiling, she decided to hire it done."
- To accept employment.
"They hired out as day laborers."
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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 "Hires"
Hires is a 5-letter word that scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "hires" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Hires" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "hires" is a low-scoring word.