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Is filter a Scrabble word?

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

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of filter?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (figurative) Self-restraint in speech.Examples: "He's got no filter, and he's always offending people as a result."figuratively

2. (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).Examples: "The collection of cofinite subsets of ℝ is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set."; "If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a "large" set, (2) the superset of any "large" set were also a "large" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of "large" sets were also a "large" set, then the set of all "large" sets would form a filter."

3. (photography) A translucent object placed in the light path of a camera to remove certain wavelengths (colors), or a computer program that simulates such an effect.

4. (social media) An appearance-altering digital image effect.Examples: "He don't need no filter posting pictures!"

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To sort, sift, or isolate.Examples: "This strainer should filter out the large particles."; "“You have probably never seen anything like this before, Mr. Toler. It is baleen, or if you prefer it, whalebone, taken from the mouth of the bowhead whale. It is used by the whale to filter its food.”"; "Receivers often incorporate digital equalisers to 'mop up' slight intersymbol interference after initial filtering at the receiver."Synonyms: to filter outtransitive

2. (transitive) To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.Examples: "The leaves of the trees filtered the light."transitive

3. (intransitive) To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.Examples: "The water filtered through the rock and soil."intransitive

4. (intransitive) To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.Examples: "The crowd filtered into the theater."intransitive

5. (intransitive) To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a roadExamples: "I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering."intransitive

6. (intransitive, derogatory, fandom slang) To be discouraged where a connoisseur or hardcore fan would not.Examples: "Most people get filtered by that episode."derogatoryintransitiveslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "filter"?

Scrabble
9 points
F4
I1
L1
T1
E1
R1
Words With Friends
10 points
F4
I1
L2
T1
E1
R1

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