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Piles

/paɪlz/

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:9 pts5 letters
Definition of Piles

noun

  1. A mass of things heaped together; a heap.
  2. A group or list of related items up for consideration, especially in some kind of selection process.

    "When we were looking for a new housemate, we put the nice woman on the "maybe" pile, and the annoying guy on the "no" pile"

  3. A mass formed in layers.

    "a pile of shot"

  4. A funeral pile; a pyre.
  5. A large amount of money.

    "He made a pile from that invention of his."

verb

  1. (often used with the preposition "up") To lay or throw into a pile or heap; to heap up; to collect into a mass; to accumulate

    "They were piling up wood on the wheelbarrow."

  2. To cover with heaps; or in great abundance; to fill or overfill; to load.

    "We piled the camel with our loads."

  3. To add something to a great number.
  4. (of vehicles) To create a hold-up.
  5. To place (guns, muskets, etc.) together in threes so that they can stand upright, supporting each other.

noun

  1. A dart; an arrow.
  2. The head of an arrow or spear.
  3. A large stake, or piece of pointed timber, steel etc., driven into the earth or sea-bed for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc.
  4. One of the ordinaries or subordinaries having the form of a wedge, usually placed palewise, with the broadest end uppermost.

verb

  1. To drive piles into; to fill with piles; to strengthen with piles.

noun

  1. (usually in the plural) A hemorrhoid.

noun

  1. Hair, especially when very fine or short; the fine underfur of certain animals. (Formerly countable, now treated as a collective singular.)
  2. The raised hairs, loops or strands of a fabric; the nap of a cloth.

verb

  1. To give a pile to; to make shaggy.

noun

  1. (piles of) A large amount of.

    "He must earn piles of money."

Anagrams of Piles

5 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "piles":

pliesslipespeilspielspile

+1 Letter Anagrams

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

+aespiallipase
+csplice
+ddispellispedslipedspiled
+mimpelssimple
+npensilspinelspline
+opilosepoleispolies
+rlisperperilspliers
+splisseslipesspeilsspielsspiles
+tstipel
+upileus
Related Word Patterns
PI...Words starting with "pi"...ESWords ending with "es"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "piles"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
p3
i1
l1
e1
s1

Total: 7 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Piles
aardwolvesabacusesabalonesabamperesabasesabashesabatesabatisesabattisesabbaciesabbesabbesses
Related 5-Letter Words
pacaspacedpacerpacespaceypachapackspactspaddypadispadlepadrepadripaeanpaeon

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 "Piles"

Piles is a 5-letter word that scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "piles" can be rearranged to form 5 other valid words.

Using "Piles" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "piles" is a low-scoring word.