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Is high a Scrabble word?

Yes, high is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of high?

Definition

adj (English)

1. Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:Examples: "the pitch (or: the ball) was high"

2. (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.Examples: "high church High Tory"; "Furder, what wil you answeare for your keping a daye, cessation &c to St. Michael & al Angells? how wil you excuse your self of most high idolatrie, advancing your self in thinges you neuer sawe, rashlie puffed vp of your fleshlie minde, and not holding the heade, depriuing others of their Crowne?"; "The letter of a "Pioneer" was sent to the Chronicle office by a very respectable man, of a high conservative family, but whose interests have been injuriously affected by the constant fluctuations in the commercial policy of England."

3. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.Examples: "high living, the high life"; "I was living the high lifestyle in famous sex clubs, relaxing on luxurious sofas, in the saunas and whirlpools, enjoying moments of excitement with my male and female companions while sipping champagne from crystal glasses."

4. (with on or about) Keen, enthused.Examples: ""Conversely, just because I am not high on positivity, it does not mean I am necessarily high on negativity.""; "I'm not that high about the relationship."

5. (of a body of water) With tall waves.Examples: "The sea is as high as ever. I shouldn't think any boat could put out today."

6. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).Examples: "The note was too high for her to sing."

noun (English)

1. (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).Examples: "It was one of the highs of his career."; "Inflation reached a ten-year high."; "South Korea has reached a new high in a kind of air pollution measured in fine dust."countable

2. (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).Examples: "Today's high was 32 °C."countableuncountable

3. (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.Examples: "Falling from cloud nine / Crashing from the high / I'm letting go tonight / Yeah, I'm falling from cloud nine"; "They will have to reflect on a seventh successive defeat in a European final while Chelsea try to make sense of an eccentric season rife with controversy and bad feeling but once again one finishing on an exhilarating high."; "That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown."countable

4. (countable) A drug that gives such a high.Examples: "No sooner has a [synthetic] drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one. These “legal highs” are sold for the few months it takes the authorities to identify and ban them, and then the cycle begins again."countable

5. (countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.Examples: "A large high is centred on the Azores."countableinformal

6. (countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.countable

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) To rise.Examples: "The sun higheth."obsolete

verb (English)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”).alt-ofalternativeobsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "high"?

Scrabble
11 points
H4
I1
G2
H4
Words With Friends
10 points
H3
I1
G3
H3

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