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Is article a Scrabble word?

Yes, article is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of article?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (grammar) A part of speech that indicates, specifies and limits a noun (a, an, or the in English). In some languages the article may appear as an ending (e.g. definite article in Swedish) or there may be none (e.g. Russian, Pashto).Examples: "‘A song called “Freak Like Me” by the Sugababes,’ said Jesse. ‘Just Sugababes, no article,’ the man said, enjoying the stunned reaction on Jesse’s face."

2. (derogatory, dated) A person; an individual.Examples: "a shrewd article"; ""You dateless article," stormed his father, leaving Bennett to realise in his laconic way that he was, and probably always would be, a disappointment to Dad."datedderogatory

3. (obsolete, slang) A wench.Examples: "She's a prime article, a devilish good piece, a hell of a goer."obsoleteslang

4. (dated) Subject matter; concern.Examples: "a very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding"; "This last article perhaps will hardly be believed."dated

5. (dated) A distinct part.dated

6. (obsolete) A precise point in time; a moment.Examples: "This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice."; "[…] who has more opportunities of acquiring the knowledge, than a physician? He is admitted into the dwellings of all ranks of people, and into the innermost parts of them; he sees them by their fireside, at their tables, and in their beds; he sees them at work, and at their recreations; he sees them in health, in sickness, and in the article of death; […]"; "each article of time"obsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To bind by articles of apprenticeship.Examples: "to article an apprentice to a mechanic"; "When the boy left school at Liskeard, he was articled to a lawyer, Mr. Jacobson, at Plymouth, a wealthy man in good practice, first cousin to his mother; but this sort of profession did not at all approve itself to Robert's taste, and he only remained with Mr. Jacobson a few months."; "After educational training at Hayes Grammar School and Hayes College, Mr. Nokes was articled to a Surveyor and Land Agent in 1885, and, at the expiration of his articles, became a partner in the firm."transitive

2. (obsolete) To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles or accusations.Examples: "At noon dined alone with Sir W. Batten, where great discourse of Sir W. Pen, Sir W. Batten being, I perceive, quite out of love with him, thinking him too great and too high, and began to talk that the world do question his courage, upon which I told him plainly I have been told that he was articled against for it, and that Sir H. Vane was his great friend therein."; "[…] if the Captain of any Merchant ship under convoy shall wilfully disobey Signals […] he shall be liable to be articled against in the High Court of Admiralty […]"obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "article"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "article"?

Scrabble
9 points
A1
R1
T1
I1
C3
L1
E1
Words With Friends
11 points
A1
R1
T1
I1
C4
L2
E1

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