Yes, runs is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Move fast by using one's feet, with one foot off the ground at any given time

2. Flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

3. Stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

4. Direct or control; projects, businesses, etc.

5. Have a particular form

6. Move along, of liquids

7. Perform as expected when applied

8. Change or be different within limits

9. Run, stand, or compete for an office or a position

10. Cause to emit recorded audio or video

11. Move about freely and without restraint, or act as if running around in an uncontrolled way

12. Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

13. Be operating, running or functioning

14. Change from one state to another

15. Cause to perform

16. Be affected by; be subjected to

17. Continue to exist

18. Occur persistently

19. Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine

20. Include as the content; broadcast or publicize

21. Carry out

22. Pass over, across, or through

23. Cause something to pass or lead somewhere

24. Make without a miss

25. Deal in illegally, such as arms or liquor

26. Cause an animal to move fast

27. Be diffused

28. Sail before the wind

29. Cover by running; run a certain distance

30. Extend or continue for a certain period of time

31. Set animals loose to graze

32. Keep company

33. Run with the ball; in such sports as football

34. Travel rapidly, by any (unspecified) means

35. Travel a route regularly

36. Pursue for food or sport (as of wild animals)

37. Compete in a race

38. Progress by being changed

39. Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating

40. Come unraveled or undone as if by snagging

41. Become undone

Noun

1. A score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

2. The act of testing something

3. A race run on foot

4. An unbroken series of events

5. (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

6. A regular trip

7. The act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

8. The continuous period of time during which something (a machine or a factory) operates or continues in operation

9. Unrestricted freedom to use

10. The production achieved during a continuous period of operation (of a machine or factory etc.)

11. A small stream

12. A race between candidates for elective office

13. A row of unravelled stitches

14. The pouring forth of a fluid

15. An unbroken chronological sequence

16. A short trip