Scrabble & Words with friends points
        
        
                    - modes is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
 
          
                    - modes is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
 
          
                    - modes is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
 
          
        
        Definition of modes
        
        
          - any of various fixed orders of the various diatonic notes within an octave (noun)
Synonyms
- musical mode
 
 - the most frequent value of a random variable (noun)
Synonyms
- modal value
 
 - a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility (noun)
Synonyms
- modality
 
 - verb inflections that express how the action or state is conceived by the speaker (noun)
Synonyms
- modality
 - mood
 
 - how something is done or how it happens (noun)
Examples
- their nomadic mode of existence
 
Synonyms
- fashion
 - manner
 - style
 - way
 
 - a particular functioning condition or arrangement (noun)
Examples
- switched from keyboard to voice mode
 
         
        See definition of modes in Merriam Webster