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cage

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Is cage a Scrabble word?

Yes, cage is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of cage?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (field hockey or ice hockey, water polo) The goal.

2. (US, derogatory, slang) An automobile.USderogatoryslang

3. (figuratively) Something that hinders freedom.Examples: "Schwartz examines with dignity and tenderness the battles within and without of […] families, created and biological, and the cages and freedom they can provide."; "My body is a cage / That keeps me from dancing with the one I love / But my mind holds the key"figuratively

4. (slang) A prison or prison cell.Examples: "The 'out of the closet' lesbians and gay men here in the Iowa Cages are harassed and discriminated daily by oppressive pigs, believe me, I know, as a lesbian I've experienced it first hand and seen my fellow lesbian and gay friends oppressed to where I'm ready to explode."slang

5. (athletics) The area from which competitors throw a discus or hammer.

6. (engineering) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, such as a ball valve.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To confine in a cage; to put into and keep in a cage.Examples: "And the row of human captors, ever leering, They who caged me, Know their power and gloat on my captivity."; "Laying out the zoo on horseback, he went about making plans to combine his scrubby mesas and canyons with moats, and thereby eliminate caging many large animals—a revolutionary advance in American zoo design."; "The industrial practice of caging commercial laying hens has given caged housing a bad narne."transitive

2. (transitive, slang) To imprison.Examples: "The serial killer was caged for life."slangtransitive

3. (transitive, figuratively) To restrict someone's movement or creativity.figurativelytransitive

4. (aviation) To immobilize an artificial horizon.Examples: "To prevent damage to its gimbal mountings during extreme aerobatic maneuvers, the navball should be caged before the start of a display sequence."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "cage"?

Scrabble
7 points
C3
A1
G2
E1
Words With Friends
9 points
C4
A1
G3
E1

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