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Is ease a Scrabble word?

Yes, ease is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of ease?

Definition

noun (English)

1. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:Examples: "She enjoyed the ease of living in a house where the servants did all the work."Synonyms: comfort, peace, indolency, inexertionuncountable

2. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:Examples: "The pension set her mind at ease."; "There is ease in the soul of Slid and there be calms upon the sea; also, there be storms upon the sea and troubles in the soul of Slid, for the gods have many moods."Synonyms: comfort, peace, peace of minduncountable

3. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:Examples: "We took our ease on the patio."Synonyms: comfort, peace, free time, leisure, relaxation, restuncountable

4. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:Examples: "His inheritance catapulted him into a life of ease."Synonyms: comfort, peace, fortune, plenty, abundance, affluence, cheese, easeuncountable

5. Comfort, a state or quality lacking unpleasantness, particularly:Examples: "She dealt with the faculty with combined authority and ease."Synonyms: comfort, peace, aplomb, composure, poise, sangfroiduncountable

6. Relief, an end to discomfort, particularly:Examples: "Take one pill every 12 hours to provide ease from pain."Synonyms: liss, solace, alleviation, comfort, consolation, ease, liss, releaseuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To free (something) from pain, worry, agitation, etc.Examples: "He eased his conscience by confessing."; "And ſure, although it was invented to eaſe his mynde of griefe, there be a number of caveats therein to forewarne other young gentlemen to foreſtand with good government their folowing yl fortunes; […]"; "Elyse Saugstad, a professional skier, wore a backpack equipped with an air bag, a relatively new and expensive part of the arsenal that backcountry users increasingly carry to ease their minds and increase survival odds in case of an avalanche."Synonyms: assuage, salvetransitive

2. (transitive) To alleviate, assuage or lessen (pain).Examples: "He loosened his shoe to ease the pain."; "His words of comfort eased his friend's pain and distress."Synonyms: allay, alleviate, assuage, lessen, reducetransitive

3. (transitive) To give respite to (someone).Examples: "The provision of extra staff eased their workload."; "An extra rush-hour train has eased overcrowding of the former 5.39 p.m. to Salisbury; this now leaves at 5.43 and an additional electric service to Alton departs at 5.39 p.m."Synonyms: give someone a break, lay offtransitive

4. (nautical, transitive) To loosen or slacken the tension on a line.Examples: "We eased the boom vang, then lowered the sail."Synonyms: loosen, relax, slackentransitive

5. (transitive) To reduce the difficulty of (something).Examples: "We had to ease the entry requirements."; "I want to thank you all for easing my coming out."Synonyms: facilitate, simplifytransitive

6. (transitive) To move (something) slowly and carefully.Examples: "He eased the cork from the bottle."; "Ease down off boulders; a jump may jar or sprain."; "Giant oil-tankers can often be seen easing up and down Milford Haven, where a vast new port has been developed since the late 1950s."Antonyms: maneuvertransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "ease"?

Scrabble
4 points
E1
A1
S1
E1
Words With Friends
4 points
E1
A1
S1
E1

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