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Is face a Scrabble word?

Yes, face is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 9 points in Scrabble.

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  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of face?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (anatomy) The front part of the head of a human or other animal, featuring the eyes, nose, and mouth, and the surrounding area.Examples: "That girl has a pretty face."; "The monkey pressed its face against the railings."; "It was a joy to snatch some brief respite, and find himself in the rectory drawing–room. Listening here was as pleasant as talking; just to watch was pleasant. The young priests who lived here wore cassocks and birettas; their faces were fine and mild, yet really strong, like the rector's face; and in their intercourse with him and his wife they seemed to be brothers."Synonyms: dial, mug, mush, phiz, phizog, punim, visage, pan

2. (informal or slang)Examples: "Why the sad face?"Synonyms: countenance, expression, facial expression, look, visage, expression, face, facial expressioninformalslang

3. (informal or slang)Examples: "Children! Stop making faces at each other!"informalslang

4. (informal or slang)Examples: "MAKE Money-wholesale U.S. stamps—buy mint stamps below face. Be a dealer. Send $1.00 for two giant catalogs, refunded first order. Von Stein, Bernardsville, N.J."; "With certain exceptions for valuable stamps, dealers and many collectors are only willing to offer a percentage of face (80-90%). So instead, Lloyd took the sheets to work and posted a message asking if anyone wanted to buy sheets of old U.S. stamps at face."; "Talking about buying below face, I've bought a lot of rolled coins at below face. I'm not going to pay face just to drag them to the bank and deposit them."informalslang

5. (informal or slang)Examples: "The fans cheered on the face as he made his comeback."Synonyms: good guy, heroAntonyms: heelinformalslang

6. (informal or slang)Examples: "Shut your face!"; "He's always stuffing his face with chips."Synonyms: cakehole, gob, piehole, trap, bazoo, cakehole, chops, claminformalslang

verb (English)

1. (transitive, of a person or animal) To position oneself or itself so as to have one's face closest to (something).Examples: "Face the sun."; "Serene, smiling, enigmatic, she faced him with no fear whatever showing in her dark eyes. The clear light of the bright autumn morning had no terrors for youth and health like hers."transitive

2. (transitive, of an object) To have its front closest to, or in the direction of (something else).Examples: "Turn the chair so it faces the table."; "He gain'd alſo with his Forces that part of Britain which faces Ireland,"transitive

3. (transitive) To cause (something) to turn or present a face or front, as in a particular direction.Examples: "The croupier delicately faced her other two cards with the tip of his spatula. A four! She had lost!"transitive

4. (transitive, retail) To improve the display of stock by ensuring items aren't upside down or back to front and are pulled forwards.Examples: "I've put out the stock and broken down the boxes, it's just facing left to do."; "In my first job, I learned how to operate a till and to face the store to high standards."transitive

5. (transitive) To be presented or confronted with; to have in prospect.Examples: "We are facing an uncertain future."; "The railway is still vital to Jordan's export trade, but in spite of the poor quality of the road, diesel lorries are gradually robbing it of freight traffic, and anyone who can afford to fly does so rather than face the long desert journey by rail."; "Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do."transitive

6. (transitive) To deal with (a difficult situation or person); to accept (facts, reality, etc.) even when undesirable.Examples: "I'm going to have to face this sooner or later."; "I'll face / This tempest, and deserve the name of king."; "It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]."Synonyms: confront, deal withtransitive

phrase (English)

1. (music, mnemonic) A mnemonic phrase to help remember the order of the four spaces of a musical treble clef in order from the bottom to the top.mnemonic

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "face"?

Scrabble
9 points
F4
A1
C3
E1
Words With Friends
10 points
F4
A1
C4
E1

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