Is “Cites” a Scrabble word?
Yes
CITES
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Cites
/saɪts/
verb
1.To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
2.To list the source(s) from which one took information, words or literary or verbal context.
3.To summon officially or authoritatively to appear in court.
noun
1.A citation
“We used the number of cites as a rough measure of the significance of each published paper.”