Scares

6 lettersnouncommon

Updated June 2026

Definition

Plural of scar, referring to permanent marks left on skin or another surface following the healing of a wound or injury.

“His arms bore the scares of years spent working with machinery.”

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Synonyms

blemishesmarkslesionstraces

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Wordle

SC opening with ARES ending, the ARES pattern is shared with several common six-letter words worth testing

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Scrabble

Worth 8 points with all common tiles, good for clearing a straightforward rack in the early game

Words Related to Scares

Anagrams of Scares

Words that use exactly the same letters as “scares”.

caress

Words one letter different

Change a single letter of “scares” to make these 6-letter words — useful for Wordle and crossword clues.

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Words you can make from Scares

Shorter words formed from the letters in “scares”.

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Add a letter to make a longer word

7-letter words you can spell by adding one letter to “scares”.

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