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BUILD
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
B
3
U
1
I
1
L
1
D
2
Σ
8
Definitions
Verb
- develop and grow; "Suspense was building right from the beginning of the opera"
- form or accumulate steadily; "Resistance to the manager's plan built up quickly"; "Pressure is building up at the Indian-Pakistani border"
- bolster or strengthen; "We worked up courage"; "build up confidence"; "ramp up security in the airports"
- improve the cleansing action of; "build detergents"
- found or ground; "build a defense on nothing but the accused person's reputation"
- make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"
- build or establish something abstract; "build a reputation"
- be engaged in building; "These architects build in interesting and new styles"
- give form to, according to a plan; "build a modern nation"; "build a million-dollar business"
- order, supervise, or finance the construction of; "The government is building new schools in this state"
Noun
- constitution of the human body
- alternative names for the body of a human being; "Leonardo studied the human body"; "he has a strong physique"; "the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word BUILD
Yes, BUILD is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 8 points in Scrabble. It is recognized as a playable word in the SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK), TWL/NWL (Scrabble US), ENABLE (Words with Friends) dictionaries.
BUILD is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.