Meaning
- (verb) To seek for something or after someone.
- (verb) To examine or investigate something systematically. “The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.”
- (verb) To travel somewhere in search of discovery. “It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.”
- (verb) To examine diagnostically.
- (verb) To (seek) experience first hand. “It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.”
- (verb) To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses. “He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.”
- (verb) To wander without any particular aim or purpose. “The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.”
- (verb) To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.
Letter breakdown
- Explores contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
Words from these letters
- explore
- elopes
- expels
- expose
- lepers
- lexers
- repels
- repose
- elope
- expel
- expos
- leers
- leper
- lexer
- lopes
- loser
- loxes
- peels
- peers
- poles
- pores
- poser
- poxes
- prose
- reels
- repel
- roles
- ropes
- sleep
- slope
- spore
- spree
- eels
- else
- exes
- expo
- leer
- lees
- lope
- lops
- lore
- lose
- ores
- peel
- peer
- pees
- peso
- pole
- pols
- pore
- pose
- pres
- pros
- reel
- reps
- resp
- roes
- role
- rope
Connected words
Other 8-letter words
- aardvark
- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with EXP
- expand
- expandable
- expanded
- expanding
- expands
- expanse
- expanses
- expansion
- expansionist
- expansionists
- expansions
- expansive
- expansively
- expansiveness
- expatiate
- expatiated
- expatiates
- expatiating
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Words ending with RES
Reader questions
What does Explores mean?
To seek for something or after someone.
How many letters are in Explores?
Explores has 8 letters.
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