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wide

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Is wide a Scrabble word?

Yes, wide 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 wide?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (slang, derogatory, humorous) Overweight, obese.

2. (sports) Operating at the side of the playing area.Examples: "That team needs a decent wide player."

3. (phonetics, dated) Made, as a vowel, with a less tense, and more open and relaxed, condition of the organs in the mouth.

4. (Scotland, Northern England, now rare) Vast, great in extent, extensive.Examples: "The wide, lifeless expanse."

5. (obsolete) Located some distance away; distant, far.Examples: "Mr Hunt's house, you know, lies wide from Harlowe-place."; "the contrary [being] so wide from the truth of Scripture and the attributes of God"

6. (obsolete) Far from truth, propriety, necessity, etc.Examples: "And I trust anon by the help of an infallible guide, to perfect such Prutenic tables, as shall mend the astronomy of our wide expositors."; "But I tell you, it is farre wyde, that the people haue ſuche iudgmentes, the Byſhoppes they coulde laughe at it."; "How wide is all this long pretence!"

noun (English)

1. (cricket) A ball that passes so far from the batsman that the umpire deems it unplayable; the arm signal used by an umpire to signal a wide; the extra run added to the batting side's score

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "wide"?

Scrabble
8 points
w4
i1
d2
e1
Words With Friends
8 points
w4
i1
d2
e1

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