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LOOSE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
L
1
O
1
O
1
S
1
E
1
Σ
5
Definitions
Adjective
- not affixed; "the stamp came loose"
- casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior; "her easy virtue"; "he was told to avoid loose (or light) women"; "wanton behavior"
- not compact or dense in structure or arrangement; "loose gravel"
- (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player; "a loose ball"
- emptying easily or excessively; "loose bowels"
- not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been told"; "a free translation of the poem"
- having escaped, especially from confinement; "a convict still at large"; "searching for two escaped prisoners"; "dogs loose on the streets"; "criminals on the loose in the neighborhood"
- not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting; "loose clothing"; "the large shoes were very loose"
- not officially recognized or controlled; "an informal agreement"; "a loose organization of the local farmers"
- not carefully arranged in a package; "a box of loose nails"
- lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
- (of textures) full of small openings or gaps; "an open texture"; "a loose weave"
- not tense or taut; "the old man's skin hung loose and grey"; "slack and wrinkled skin"; "slack sails"; "a slack rope"; "a slack grip"
Adverb
- without restraint; "cows in India are running loose"
Verb
- become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"
- make loose or looser; "loosen the tension on a rope"
- turn loose or free from restraint; "let loose mines"; "Loose terrible plagues upon humanity"
- grant freedom to; free from confinement
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word LOOSE
Yes, LOOSE 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.
LOOSE is a 5-letter word. It contains 3 vowels and 2 consonants.