subserve

Verb

Verb Forms: subserved, subserving, subserves

To serve as a means to an end; to promote or assist.
be helpful or useful
To serve to promote (an end); to be useful to.
To assist in carrying out.

Examples

Every tile he played seemed to SUBSERVE his goal of reaching the triple-word score.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin subservire; by surface analysis, sub- + serve.

Scrabble Score: 13

subserve: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
subserve: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
subserve: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

subserve: valid Words With Friends Word