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Is check a Scrabble word?

Yes, check is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 16 points in Scrabble.

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  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of check?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.

2. (US) A mark (especially a checkmark: ✓) used as an indicator.Examples: "Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke."Synonyms: tick, checkmarkUS

3. (US) An order to a bank to pay money to a named person or entity.Examples: "I was not carrying cash, so I wrote a check for the amount."Synonyms: chequeUS

4. (US) A bill, particularly in a restaurant.Examples: "I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave."Synonyms: bill, chequeUS

5. (contact sports) A maneuver performed by a player to take another player out of the play.Examples: "The hockey player gave a good hard check to obtain the puck."; "Liverpool had been reduced to 10 men in the 88th minute, Ibrahima Konaté collecting a second yellow card for a check on Kai Havertz."

6. (falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds. [from 15th c.]

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To inspect; to examine.Examples: "Check the oil in your car once a month."; "Check whether this page has a watermark."transitive

2. (transitive) To verify the accuracy of a text or translation, usually making some corrections (proofread) or many (copyedit).transitive

3. (transitive, US, often used with "off") To mark items on a list (with a checkmark or by crossing them out) that have been chosen for keeping or removal or that have been dealt with (for example, completed or verified as correct or satisfactory).Examples: "Check the items on the list that interest you."; "Check the correct answer to each question."Synonyms: check off, tick, tick off, cross off, strike offAntonyms: uncheckUSoftentransitive

4. (transitive) To control, limit, or halt.Examples: "Check your enthusiasm during a negotiation."; "c. 1775–1780, Edmund Burke, letter to the Sheriffs of Bristol so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression"; "She was about to retort but something checked the words on her tongue."Synonyms: curtail, restrain, behedge, guard, bind, chasten, check, containtransitive

5. (informal, transitive) To scold or rebuke someone.informaltransitive

6. (transitive) To verify or compare with a source of information.Examples: "Check your data against known values."transitive

noun (English)

1. (textiles, usually pluralized) A pattern made up of a grid of squares of alternating colors; a checkered pattern.Examples: "The tablecloth had red and white checks."; "One of her female followers, had made a very elegant piece of check. The Friend, being at her house, on a visit, the lady shewed the check to her, and as evidence of devotion to her leader, proposed presenting her with a pattern off the piece for her own use."

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To mark with a check pattern.transitive

adj (English)

1. (heraldry, rare, possibly only as a printing error) Checky, i.e. chequy.Examples: "CHECKY, [...] Checky, according to Colombiere, is one of the most noble and ancient figures [...] Checky is always composed of metal, and colour. [...] So that if that be or, and the next gules, the house or family is said to bear check, or, and gules. When the whole shield is not chequered , but only the chief, a bend, cross, or the like, the number of ranges should be expressed."; "He died about 1270; and his son, Sir Robert, assisted the brave Sir William Wallace, and died in 1800. BOYD ARMS. Azure, a fesse check, argent et gules."not-comparablepossiblyrare

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "check"?

Scrabble
16 points
C3
H4
E1
C3
K5
Words With Friends
17 points
C4
H3
E1
C4
K5

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