Definition of displaces

"displaces" in the verb sense

1. displace

cause to move, usually with force or pressure

"the refugees were displaced by the war"

2. preempt, displace

take the place of or have precedence over

"live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"

"discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"

3. displace, fire, give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, give the sack, terminate

terminate the employment of discharge from an office or position

"The boss fired his secretary today"

"The company terminated 25% of its workers"

4. move, displace

cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense

"Move those boxes into the corner, please"

"I'm moving my money to another bank"

"The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"

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displaces in Scrabble®

The word displaces 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: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters displaces:

DISPLACES
(153)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

aidless, capless, capsids, clasped, classed, declass, discase, dispels, lipases, palsied, palsies, scalped, special, spliced, splices

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word displaces

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

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(153)
DISPLACES
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displaces in Words With Friends™

The word displaces 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: 17

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

DISPLACES
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (15 words)

aidless, capless, capsids, clasped, classed, declass, discase, dispels, lipases, palsied, palsies, scalped, special, spliced, splices

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word displaces

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

DISPLACES
(243)
DISPLACES
(150)
CAPLESS
(125 = 90 + 35)
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Words within the letters of displaces

2 letter words in displaces (10 words)

8 letter words in displaces (4 words)

9 letter words in displaces (Anagrams) (2 words)

displaces + 1 blank (2 words)

displaces + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence displaces

Words that start with displaces (1 word)

Words with displaces in them (1 word)

Words that end with displaces (2 words)

Word Growth involving displaces

Shorter words in displaces

is displace

ace lace place displace

la lace place displace

ace aces laces places

ace lace laces places

la lace laces places

ace lace place places

la lace place places

Longer words containing displaces

underdisplaces