Scrabble Dictionary
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CENTER
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
C
3
E
1
N
1
T
1
E
1
R
1
Σ
8
Definitions
Verb
- direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
- move into the center; "That vase in the picture is not centered"
- center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"
Noun
- a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game
- (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play; "it is a center's responsibility to get the football to the quarterback"
- the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game
- a building dedicated to a particular activity; "they were raising money to build a new center for research"
- the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher; "he hit the ball to deep center"
- mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace; "a good plaza should have a movie house"; "they spent their weekends at the local malls"
- a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process; "in most people the speech center is in the left hemisphere"
- the object upon which interest and attention focuses; "his stories made him the center of the party"
- the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story"
- the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering
- politically moderate persons; centrists
- the middle of a military or naval formation; "they had to reinforce the center"
- a place where some particular activity is concentrated; "they received messages from several centers"
- a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure
- an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
- (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback; "the center fumbled the handoff"
- (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team
- (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team
Adjective
- of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word CENTER
Yes, CENTER 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.
CENTER is a 6-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 4 consonants.