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mortar

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Is mortar a Scrabble word?

Yes, mortar is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of mortar?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) A mixture of lime or cement, sand and water used for bonding building blocks.Examples: "The holy hearth! If any earthly and material thing, or rather a divine idea embodied in brick and mortar, might be supposed to possess the permanence of moral truth, it was this."

2. (countable) A hollow vessel used to pound, crush, rub, grind or mix ingredients with a pestle.Synonyms: mortar and pestle, pestle and mortar

3. (countable, military, historical) A short, heavy, large-bore cannon designed for indirect fire at very steep trajectories.

4. (countable, military) A relatively lightweight, often portable indirect fire weapon which transmits recoil to a base plate and is designed to lob explosive shells at very steep trajectories.

5. (countable) In paper milling, a trough in which material is hammered.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To use mortar or plaster to join two things together.

2. (transitive) To pound in a mortar.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "mortar"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "mortar"?

Scrabble
8 points
m3
o1
r1
t1
a1
r1
Words With Friends
9 points
m4
o1
r1
t1
a1
r1

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