Scrabble Dictionary
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ISSUE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
I
1
S
1
S
1
U
1
E
1
Σ
5
Definitions
Verb
- come out of; "Water issued from the hole in the wall"; "The words seemed to come out by themselves"
- prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
- bring out an official document (such as a warrant)
- make out and issue; "write out a check"; "cut a ticket"; "Please make the check out to me"
- circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
Noun
- the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago"
- the act of issuing printed materials
- an opening that permits escape or release; "he blocked the way out"; "the canyon had only one issue"
- some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"
- an important question that is in dispute and must be settled; "the issue could be settled by requiring public education for everyone"; "politicians never discuss the real issues"
- one of a series published periodically; "she found an old issue of the magazine in her dentist's waiting room"
- the becoming visible; "not a day's difference between the emergence of the andrenas and the opening of the willow catkins"
- the immediate descendants of a person; "she was the mother of many offspring"; "he died without issue"
- a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon; "the magnetic effect was greater when the rod was lengthwise"; "his decision had depressing consequences for business"; "he acted very wise after the event"
- the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"
- supplies (as food or clothing or ammunition) issued by the government
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word ISSUE
Yes, ISSUE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 5 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.
ISSUE is a 5-letter word. It contains 3 vowels and 2 consonants.