Definition of discerns

"discerns" in the verb sense

1. spot, recognize, recognise, distinguish, discern, pick out, make out, tell apart

detect with the senses

"The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards"

"I can't make out the faces in this photograph"

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Quotations for discerns

But wisdom, awful wisdom! which inspects,
Discerns, compares, weighs, separates, infers,
Seizes the right, and holds it to the last. [ Young ]

We have more poets than judges and interpreters of poetry. It is easier to write an indifferent poem than to understand a good one. There is, indeed, a certain low and moderate sort of poetry, that a man may well enough judge by certain rules of art: but the true, supreme, and divine poesy is equally above all rules and reason. And whoever discerns the beauty of it with the most assured and most steady sight sees no more than the quick reflection of a flash of lightning. [ Montaigne ]

discerns in Scrabble®

The word discerns 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: 11

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters discerns:

DISCERNS
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

cinders, discern, rescind

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word discerns

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In discerns

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discerns in Words With Friends™

The word discerns 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: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters discerns:

DISCERNS
(126)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (3 words)

cinders, discern, rescind

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word discerns

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In discerns

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