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WIDE
Scrabble Validity
✅ Valid Word
Valid in:
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK)
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Tile Values
W
4
I
1
D
2
E
1
Σ
8
Definitions
Adjective
- not on target; "the kick was wide"; "the arrow was wide of the mark"; "a claim that was wide of the truth"
- having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt"
- broad in scope or content; "across-the-board pay increases"; "an all-embracing definition"; "blanket sanctions against human-rights violators"; "an invention with broad applications"; "a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner; "granted him wide powers"
- very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"
- (used of eyes) fully open or extended; "stared with wide eyes"
- having great (or a certain) extent from one side to the other; "wide roads"; "a wide necktie"; "wide margins"; "three feet wide"; "a river two miles broad"; "broad shoulders"; "a broad river"
- great in degree; "won by a wide margin"
Adverb
- to or over a great extent or range; far; "wandered wide through many lands"; "he traveled widely"
- with or by a broad space; "stand with legs wide apart"; "ran wide around left end"
- far from the intended target; "the arrow went wide of the mark"; "a bullet went astray and killed a bystander"
- to the fullest extent possible; "open your eyes wide"; "with the throttle wide open"
Source: Princeton WordNet 3.1
About the word WIDE
Yes, WIDE 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.
WIDE is a 4-letter word. It contains 2 vowels and 2 consonants.