Definition of buttresses

"buttresses" in the noun sense

1. buttress, buttressing

a support usually of stone or brick supports the wall of a building

"buttresses" in the verb sense

1. buttress

reinforce with a buttress

"Buttress the church"

2. buttress

make stronger or defensible

"buttress your thesis"

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buttresses in Scrabble®

The word buttresses is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters buttresses:

BUTTRESSES
(117)
BUTTRESSES
(117)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

betters, busters, butters, retests, russets, sestets, setters, streets, subsets, subtest, subtree, tersest, testers, tresses, trusses, trustee, tsetses

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word buttresses

BUTTRESSES
(117)
BUTTRESSES
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BUTTRESSES
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In buttresses

BUTTRESSES
(117)
BUTTRESSES
(117)
BUTTERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BETTERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
BUTTERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
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BUSTERS
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BUSTERS
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SUBTEST
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SUBTREE
(80 = 30 + 50)
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BUSTERS
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SUBTREE
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BUTTERS
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BUSTERS
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SUBTREE
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SUBTREE
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SUBTEST
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STREETS
(78 = 28 + 50)
TSETSES
(78 = 28 + 50)
TRUSTEE
(78 = 28 + 50)
RUSSETS
(78 = 28 + 50)
TRUSSES
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BUTTRESSES
(78)
BUTTRESSES
(78)
SESTETS
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TESTERS
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TRESSES
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TERSEST
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RETESTS
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SETTERS
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SUBTREE
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buttresses in Words With Friends™

The word buttresses is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters buttresses:

BUTTRESSES
(162)
BUTTRESSES
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (17 words)

betters, busters, butters, retests, russets, sestets, setters, streets, subsets, subtest, subtree, tersest, testers, tresses, trusses, trustee, tsetses

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word buttresses

BUTTRESSES
(162)
BUTTRESSES
(162)
BUTTRESSES
(96)
BUTTRESSES
(96)
BUTTRESSES
(72)
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(64)
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(60)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In buttresses

BUTTRESSES
(162)
BUTTRESSES
(162)
BUTTERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
BUSTERS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SUBTEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
SUBSETS
(98 = 63 + 35)
SUBTREE
(98 = 63 + 35)
BUTTRESSES
(96)
BUTTRESSES
(96)
BETTERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
BUSTERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
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(89 = 54 + 35)
BUTTERS
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SUBTEST
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SUBTREE
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BUSTERS
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SUBTEST
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TRUSTEE
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RUSSETS
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TRUSSES
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BUTTRESSES
(72)
TRUSTEE
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TRUSSES
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TERSEST
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TRESSES
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RETESTS
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TSETSES
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BRUTES
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TRUSSES
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BUTTRESSES
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RETESTS
(63 = 28 + 35)
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Words containing the sequence buttresses

Words that start with buttresses (1 word)

Words with buttresses in them (1 word)

Words that end with buttresses (1 word)

Word Growth involving buttresses

Shorter words in buttresses

but butt buttress

ess tress buttress

re tress buttress

ess tress tresses

re tress tresses

Longer words containing buttresses

(No longer words found)