Definition of straightens

"straightens" in the verb sense

1. straighten, unbend

straighten up or out make straight

2. straighten, straighten out

make straight

3. straighten

get up from a sitting or slouching position

"The students straightened when the teacher entered"

4. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

put (things or places) in order

"Tidy up your room!"

5. roll out, straighten

straighten by unrolling

"roll out the big map"

6. straighten

make straight or straighter

"Straighten this post"

"straighten hair"

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straightens in Scrabble®

The word straightens 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters straightens:

STRAIGHTENS
(144)
STRAIGHTENS
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (115 words)

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word straightens

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

STRAIGHTENS
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STRAIGHTENS
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STRAIGHTENS
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SIGHERS
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straightens in Words With Friends™

The word straightens 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: 16

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

STRAIGHTENS
(216)
STRAIGHTENS
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STRAIGHTENS
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (115 words)

aigrets, anthers, antsier, argents, arshine, arshins, artiest, artists, ashiest, atheist, attires, erasing, gainers, gaiters, garnets, garnish, gashers, gassier, gastrin, gathers, geishas, gnasher, gnashes, granite, hairnet, hangers, harness, hastens, hastier, hatters, hatting, hearing, heating, hernias, hitters, ingests, ingrate, ingress, inserts, instars, instate, iratest, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, rashest, ratings, ratting, rattish, regains, rehangs, resight, resigns, restain, resting, retains, retinas, retints, sagiest, sashing, satires, searing, seating, seitans, sestina, setting, sharing, shatter, shiners, shrines, sighers, sighter, signers, signets, singers, sinters, sitters, sringas, stagers, stagier, stainer, staring, staters, stating, statins, stinger, strains, straint, straits, strange, striate, strings, tangier, targets, tarnish, tartish, tasters, tastier, tasting, tearing, teasing, testing, theists, thirsts, threats, tighten, tighter, tigress, tinters, tithers, transit, trashes, triages, tsarist

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word straightens

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

STRAIGHTENS
(216)
STRAIGHTENS
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STRAIGHTENS
(216)
STRAIGHTENS
(108)
STRAIGHTENS
(108)
SASHING
(101 = 66 + 35)
HANGERS
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GARNISH
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STATING
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SHARING
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Words within the letters of straightens

2 letter words in straightens (17 words)

10 letter words in straightens (2 words)

11 letter words in straightens (1 word)

straightens + 1 blank (3 words)

straightens + 2 blanks (4 words)

Words containing the sequence straightens

Words that start with straightens (1 word)

Words with straightens in them (1 word)

Words that end with straightens (3 words)

Word Growth involving straightens

Shorter words in straightens

ai straight straighten

en ten straighten

en ens tens

en ten tens

Longer words containing straightens

restraightens

unstraightens