Commences is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.
You can make 180 anagrams from letters in commences (cceemmnos).
1250-1300; Middle English commencen Anglo-French, Middle French comencer Vulgar Latin *cominitiāre, equivalent to Latin com- com- + initiāre to begin; see Examples for commences
Evelyn shies at that, and commences to hand Jarvis the frappéd smile. Let us take the case of the youth or man who commences the study of a foreign language. Their year commences with the month of Farvardin, and ends with the month of Spendarmad. I have been in his room less than three minutes when Cyril commences what will be a two-hour-long history lesson. It commences at half past three and continues about half an hour. I opened it at that part where the history of Saul commences. Texas, feelin' like the common eye is on him, commences to grow restless. The young man does as he is told, and commences his journey on the Tuesday. Instead of that he points at Phinney and commences to laugh. Mr. Glentworthy shrugs his shoulders, and commences whistling a tune.