Scrabble Dictionary
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SPARE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
S
1
P
3
A
1
R
1
E
1
Σ
7
Definitions
Adjective
- lacking embellishment or ornamentation; "a plain hair style"; "unembellished white walls"; "functional architecture featuring stark unornamented concrete"
- lacking in magnitude or quantity; "a bare livelihood"; "a scanty harvest"; "a spare diet"
- thin and fit; "the spare figure of a marathon runner"; "a body kept trim by exercise"
- more than is needed, desired, or required; "trying to lose excess weight"; "found some extra change lying on the dresser"; "yet another book on heraldry might be thought redundant"; "skills made redundant by technological advance"; "sleeping in the spare room"; "supernumerary ornamentation"; "it was supererogatory of her to gloat"; "delete superfluous (or unnecessary) words"; "extra ribs as well as other supernumerary internal parts"; "surplus cheese distributed to the needy"
- kept in reserve especially for emergency use; "a reserve supply of food"; "a spare tire"; "spare parts"
- not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between classes"; "spare time on my hands"
Noun
- a score in tenpins; knocking down all ten after rolling two balls
- an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle
- an extra component of a machine or other apparatus
Verb
- use frugally or carefully
- give up what is not strictly needed; "he asked if they could spare one of their horses to speed his journey"
- refrain from harming
- save or relieve from an experience or action; "I'll spare you from having to apologize formally"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word SPARE
Yes, SPARE is a valid Scrabble word. If you play it, you can score 7 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.
SPARE is a 5-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants.