Scrabble Dictionary
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READ
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
R
1
E
1
A
1
D
2
Σ
5
Definitions
Verb
- make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
- be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"
- to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"
- interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
- have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
Noun
- something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word READ
Yes, READ 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.
READ is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.