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portrait

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Is portrait a Scrabble word?

Yes, portrait is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 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 portrait?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable) A painting or other picture of a person, especially the head and shoulders.Examples: "In portraits, the grace, and, we may add, the likeness, consists more in the general air than in the exact similitude of every feature."

2. (countable, figuratively) An accurate depiction of a person, a mood, etc.Examples: "The author painted a good portrait of urban life in New York in his latest book."; "She showed me her portrait, written by herself. I only remember what she states of her mouth, which, she says, was not only beautiful and red, but had a thousand little natural airs and graces not to be found in any other mouth. Oh, I must not forget her figure, which, she assured the reader, was the best-made and the finest that could be seen: nothing could be more regular, more graceful, or more easy."

3. (computing, printing) A print orientation where the vertical sides are longer than the horizontal sides.

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To portray; to draw.Examples: "But all as in most exquisite pictures, they vse to blaze and portrait, not only the daintie lineaments or beautie, but also round about it to shadowe the rude thickets and craggy clifts"; "Methinkes yᵉ picture of Sᵗ George fighting with yᵉ Dragon hath some resemblance of Sᵗ Michael fighting with the Devil, who is pourtrated like a Dragon."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "portrait"?

Scrabble
10 points
p3
o1
r1
t1
r1
a1
i1
t1
Words With Friends
11 points
p4
o1
r1
t1
r1
a1
i1
t1

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