duplicate
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Is duplicate a Scrabble word?
Word Games
- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of duplicate?
Definition
adj (English)
1. (games) In which the hands of cards, tiles, etc. are preserved between rounds to be played again by other players.Examples: "duplicate whist"; "duplicate Scrabble"not-comparable
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To make a copy of.Examples: "If we duplicate the information, are we really accomplishing much?"; "Can you duplicate this kind of key?"Synonyms: doubletransitive
2. (transitive) To do repeatedly; to do again.Examples: "You don't need to duplicate my efforts."transitive
3. (transitive) To produce something equal to.Examples: "He found it hard to duplicate the skills of his wife."transitive
noun (English)
1. (law) An original instrument repeated; a document which is the same as another in all essential particulars, and differing from a mere copy in having all the validity of an originalcountableuncountable
2. (uncountable) The game of duplicate bridge.Examples: "The momentary madness which infects bridge players occurs frequently at rubber bridge and duplicate; and though it rarely results in murder, it often terminates marriages and close friendships[…]"uncountable
3. (uncountable) The game of duplicate Scrabble.uncountable
4. (botany, zoology) A biological specimen that was gathered alongside another specimen and represents the same species.Examples: "Each collection, which may be a unicate or several specimens as duplicates in several herbaria, constitutes a record in the Conifer Database."countableuncountable
Definition source: Wiktionary