Yes, sounds is a Scrabble word!

Verb

1. Appear in a certain way

2. Make a certain noise or sound

3. Give off a certain sound or sounds

4. Announce by means of a sound

5. Utter with vibrating vocal chords

6. Cause to sound

7. Measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

Noun

1. The particular auditory effect produced by a given cause

2. The subjective sensation of hearing something

3. Mechanical vibrations transmitted by an elastic medium

4. The sudden occurrence of an audible event

5. The audible part of a transmitted signal

6. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

7. A narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

8. A large ocean inlet or deep bay