What it means
- (verb) To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
- (verb) To be in a position in which it is possible to win or triumph.
- (verb) To take part in a contest, game or similar event
Letter analysis
- Competes contains 8 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 5 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 3.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 14.
Sub-words
- compete
- comets
- emotes
- tempos
- comes
- comet
- copes
- copse
- cotes
- emote
- meets
- metes
- mopes
- motes
- poems
- poets
- scope
- smote
- steep
- stomp
- teems
- tempo
- temps
- tomes
- come
- cope
- cops
- cost
- cote
- cots
- emos
- meet
- mete
- mope
- mops
- most
- mote
- opts
- pecs
- pees
- peso
- pest
- pets
- poem
- poet
- pose
- post
- pots
- sect
- seem
- seep
- some
- spec
- spot
- stem
- step
- stop
- teem
- tees
Antonyms
Related words
Other 8-letter words
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- abacuses
- abalones
- abandons
- abashing
- abattoir
- abbesses
- abdicate
- abdomens
- abducted
- abductee
- abductor
- aberrant
- abetters
- abetting
- abettors
- abeyance
- abhorred
Words starting with COM
- coma
- comas
- comatose
- comb
- combat
- combatant
- combatants
- combated
- combating
- combative
- combats
- combatted
- combatting
- combed
- combination
- combinations
- combine
- combined
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Words ending with TES
Common questions
What does Competes mean?
To be in battle or in a rivalry with another for the same thing, position, or reward; to contend
How many letters are in Competes?
Competes has 8 letters.
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