Pirates
/ˈpaɪɹəts/
noun
- A criminal who plunders at sea; commonly attacking merchant vessels, though often pillaging port towns.
"You should be cautious due to the Somali pirates."
- An armed ship or vessel that sails for the purpose of plundering other vessels.
- One who breaks intellectual property laws by reproducing protected works without permission
- A bird which practises kleptoparasitism.
- A kind of marble in children's games.
verb
- To appropriate by piracy, plunder at sea.
"They pirated the tanker and sailed to a port where they could sell the ship and cargo."
- (intellectual property) To create and/or sell an unauthorized copy of
- (intellectual property) To knowingly obtain an unauthorized copy of
"Not willing to pay full price for the computer game, Heidi pirated a copy."
- To engage in piracy.
"He pirated in the Atlantic for years before becoming a privateer for the Queen."
Total: 9 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Pirates"
Pirates is a 7-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "pirates" can be rearranged to form 5 other valid words.
Using "Pirates" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "pirates" is a low-scoring word.