Definition of games

"games" in the noun sense

1. game

a contest with rules to determine a winner

"you need four people to play this game"

2. game

a single play of a sport or other contest

"the game lasted two hours"

3. game

an amusement or pastime

"they played word games"

"he thought of his painting as a game that filled his empty time"

"his life was all fun and games"

4. game

animal hunted for food or sport

5. game

tennis) a division of play during which one player serves

6. game

games) the score at a particular point or the score needed to win

"the game is 6 all"

"he is serving for the game"

7. game

the flesh of wild animals that is used for food

8. plot, secret plan, game

a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal

"they concocted a plot to discredit the governor"

"I saw through his little game from the start"

9. game

the game equipment needed in order to play a particular game

"the child received several games for his birthday"

10. game, biz

your occupation or line of work

"he's in the plumbing game"

"she's in show biz"

11. game

frivolous or trifling behavior

"for actors, memorizing lines is no game"

"for him, life is all fun and games"

"games" in the verb sense

1. bet on, back, gage, stake, game, punt

place a bet on

"Which horse are you backing?"

"I'm betting on the new horse"

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Quotations for games

The gods play games with men as balls. [ Plautus ]

Play at small games rather than stand out. [ Proverb ]

As waggish boys in games themselves forswear,
So the boy love is perjured everywhere. [ William Shakespeare, Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I. Sc.1 ]

In all games it is good to leave off a winner. [ Proverb ]

I can see how he (Sandy Koufax) won twenty-five games. What I don't understand is how he lost five. [ Yogi Berra ]

Games of chance are traps to catch schoolboy novices and gaping country squires, who begin with a guinea and end with a mortgage. [ Cumberland ]

So we fall asleep in Jesus. We have played long enough at the games of life, and at last we feel the approach of death. We are tired out and we lay our heads back on the bosom of Christ, and quietly fall asleep. [ H. W. Beecher ]

games in Scrabble®

The word games is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters games:

MAGE
(30)
GAMES
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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word games

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

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games in Words With Friends™

The word games is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

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

MAGE
(51)
 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word games

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

MAGE
(51)
GAMES
(48)
MESA
(45)
GEMS
(45)
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(45)
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Words within the letters of games

2 letter words in games (6 words)

3 letter words in games (8 words)

4 letter words in games (8 words)

5 letter words in games (1 word)

games + 1 blank (5 words)

Words containing the sequence games

Words with games in them (1 word)

Word Growth involving games

Shorter words in games

am gam game

me game

Longer words containing games

ballgames

boardgames

endgames

gamesmaker gamesmakers

gamesmaking

gamesman gamesmanship gamesmanships

gamesmen

gamesome

gamest gamester gamesters

gamest gamestress gamestresses

videogames

wargames

wordgames