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Is fat a Scrabble word?

Yes, fat is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of fat?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (obsolete) Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.Examples: "Make the heart of this people fat,[…]"; "1855 July 21, Ralph Waldo Emerson, letter to Walter Whitman making our western wits fat & mean"obsolete

2. (dated, printing) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.Examples: "a fat take; a fat page"dated

3. (golf) Being a shot in which the ground is struck before the ball.Examples: "Hitting a thin shot from a fairway bunker is more productive than hitting a fat shot."

4. (theater) Of a role: significant; major; meaty.Examples: "He is what the theatre calls a “fat” role — a man suddenly confronted by a terrible duty. He is called upon to revenge the murder of his father and to right a wrong against the state."; "He seeks a fat role in a hit show, lest he diminish his market value."; "Joe Hirakawa, formerly of the Seattle Civic Repertory Theatre, was a waterfront peddler in “Madame Butterfly” and had a fat role in “Beauty Parlor,” an indie."

5. (slang) Being greatly or substantially such; real.Examples: "1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure I'd've liked to hang around but the guys were in a fat hurry."slang

6. (computing) Carrying additional data or functionality.Examples: "fat client"; "a fat pointer"

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.Examples: "Mammals that hibernate have plenty of fat to keep them warm during the winter."uncountableusually

2. (uncountable) A specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue.Examples: "Ask the butcher for a few pounds of fat for our greens."uncountableusually

3. (countable) A lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids.Examples: "Dietary fat is not the evil that it was once misapprehended to be; carbs are increasingly recognized as a bigger driver of atherosclerosis via chronic insulin resistance and the vascular processes that cascade from it."; "In fact, the fats that are most stable and least likely to oxidize with heat are the highly saturated fats we've long been told to avoid—lard, tallow, butter, and coconut and palm oils."Synonyms: grease, lardcountableusually

4. (slang) An erection.Examples: "I saw Daniel crack a fat."slanguncountableusually

5. (golf) A poorly played shot where the ball is struck by the top part of the club head. (see also thin, shank, toe)uncountableusually

6. (dated, printing) Work containing much blank, or its equivalent, and therefore profitable to the compositor.dateduncountableusually

verb (English)

1. (transitive, archaic) To make fat; to fatten.Examples: "kill the fatted calf"archaictransitive

2. (intransitive, archaic) To become fat; to fatten.archaicintransitive

3. (transitive, golf) To hit (a golf ball) with a fat shot.Examples: "“On this one hole, Donald hits his second and fats it into the water,” Faxon remembers. “But he quickly says to me, ‘Hey, throw me another ball; they weren’t looking.’ So I do. But he fats that one into the water, too. So he drives up and drops where he should’ve dropped the first time and hits it on the green.”"transitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) A large tub or vessel for water, wine, or other liquids; a cistern.Examples: "And the floores ſhall bee full of wheate, and the fats ſhall ouerflowe with wine and oyle."; "In 1431 New College purchases brewing vessels, under the names of a mash fat, for 6s. 10d., a wort fat for 2s., a 'Gilleding' tub for 2s. 6d., and two tunning barrels at 8d. each, a leaden boiler for 24s., another for 12s., and a great copper beer pot for 13s. 4d."obsolete

2. (obsolete) A dry measure, generally equal to nine bushels.obsolete

noun (English)

1. (computing) Acronym of File Allocation Table or file allocation table.abbreviationacronymalt-ofcountableuncountable

2. (computing) Acronym of File Allocation Table or file allocation table.countableoftenspecificallyuncountable

3. (computing) Acronym of File Allocation Table or file allocation table.countablesometimesspecificallyuncountable

4. (computing) Acronym of File Allocation Table or file allocation table.countablespecificallyuncountable

5. (genetics, biochemistry) Any of a series of genes and their equivalent proteins that are associated with cell proliferation.countableuncountable

6. (countable, property law, England and Wales) Initialism of full agricultural tenancy.EnglandWalesabbreviationalt-ofcountableinitialism

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "fat"?

Scrabble
6 points
F4
A1
T1
Words With Friends
6 points
F4
A1
T1

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