Definition of sells

"sells" in the noun sense

1. sell

the activity of persuading someone to buy

"it was a hard sell"

"sells" in the verb sense

1. sell

exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent

"He sold his house in January"

"She sells her body to survive and support her drug habit"

2. sell

be sold at a certain price or in a certain way

"These books sell like hot cakes"

3. sell

persuade somebody to accept something

"The French try to sell us their image as great lovers"

4. deal, sell, trade

do business offer for sale as for one's livelihood

"She deals in gold"

"The brothers sell shoes"

5. sell

give up for a price or reward

"She sold her principles for a successful career"

6. sell

be approved of or gain acceptance

"The new idea sold well in certain circles"

7. sell

be responsible for the sale of

"All her publicity sold the products"

8. betray, sell

deliver to an enemy by treachery

"Judas sold Jesus"

"The spy betrayed his country"

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Quotations for sells

He cries wine and sells vinegar. [ Proverb ]

He that gives to a good man sells well. [ Proverb ]

Happiness is a good that Nature sells us. [ Voltaire ]

For washing his hands, none sells his lands. [ English Proverb, collected by George Herbert ]

He that marries for money sells his liberty. [ Proverb ]

He that marries for wealth sells his liberty. [ Proverb ]

Who buys has need of an hundred eyes;
But one is enough to him that sells the stuff. [ Proverb ]

Celebrity sells dearly what we think she gives. [ E. Souvestre ]

He's madder than mad who sells heaven for earth. [ Proverb ]

Who always buys and sells feels not what he spends. [ Proverb ]

A house ready built never sells for so much as it cost. [ Proverb ]

He who buys what he cannot pay for, sells what he fain would not. [ Italian Proverb ]

That gentleman who sells an acre of land, sells an ounce of credit. [ Lord Burleigh ]

He that is respectless in his courses oft sells his reputation at cheap market. [ Ben Jonson ]

A woman at middle age retains nothing of the pettiness of youth; she is a friend who gives you all the feminine delicacies, who displays all the graces, all the prepossessions which Nature has given to woman to please man, but who no longer sells these qualities. She is hateful or lovable, according to her pretensions to youth, whether they exist under the epidermis or whether they are dead. [ Balzac ]

sells in Scrabble®

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

Scrabble® Letter Score: 5

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters sells:

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sells in Words With Friends™

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

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 7

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

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Words within the letters of sells

2 letter words in sells (1 word)

3 letter words in sells (3 words)

4 letter words in sells (3 words)

5 letter words in sells (1 word)

sells + 1 blank (4 words)

Words containing the sequence sells

Words that start with sells (1 word)

Words with sells in them (1 word)

Words that end with sells (7 words)

Word Growth involving sells

Shorter words in sells

el ell ells

el ell sell

Longer words containing sells

outsells

oversells

resells presells

supersells

undersells