challenge
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Is challenge a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of challenge?
Definition
noun (English)
1. A confrontation; a dare.Examples: "Argentine midfielder Jonas Gutierrez added a superb second when he surged past four challenges to fire in low."
2. (law) A procedure or action.
3. (law) A procedure or action.Examples: "Consanguinity in direct line is a challenge for a judge when he or she is sitting cases."rare
4. (law) A procedure or action.Examples: "We're still waiting to hear how the court rules on our challenge of the arbitrator based on conflict of interest."
5. (law) A procedure or action.US
6. (hunting) The opening and crying of hounds upon first finding the scent of their game.
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To invite (someone) to take part in a competition.Examples: "We challenged the boys next door to a game of football."; "By this I challenge him to single fight."transitive
2. (transitive) To dare (someone).Examples: "[...] For I challenge any Man to make any pretence to Power by Right of Fatherhood, either intelligible or poſſible in any one, otherwiſe, then either as Adams heir, or as Progenitor over his own deſcendants, naturally ſprung from him."transitive
3. (transitive) To dispute (something); to contest.Examples: "to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation"; "In the April 2020 Roade fatality, the worker who died "was reputedly in the habit of walking on the line when he didn't need to". Tragically, no one challenged him about it."transitive
4. (law, transitive) To make a formal objection to a juror.transitive
5. (transitive) To be difficult or challenging for.Examples: "Before moving onto the content of Hobson-Jobson, an explication of the publication history is necessary since this has clearly challenged many commentators."transitive
6. (obsolete, transitive) To claim as due; to demand as a right.Examples: "Challenge better terms."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary