Miles
/maɪlz/
Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Miles
noun
- The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
- Any of several customary units of length derived from the 1593 English statute mile of 8 furlongs, equivalent to 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards of various precise values.
- Any of many customary units of length derived from the Roman mile (mille passus) of 8 stades or 5,000 Roman feet.
- The Scandinavian mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 10 kilometers defined in 1889.
- Any of many customary units of length from other measurement systems of roughly similar values, as the Chinese (里) or Arabic mile (al-mīl).
adverb
- Much; a lot (used to emphasise a comparative)
"Her new paintings are miles better than her older ones."
Anagrams of Miles
Letter Values
m3
i1
l1
e1
s1
Total: 7 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Miles
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 "Miles"
Miles is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "miles" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.
Using "Miles" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "miles" is a low-scoring word.