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Is keep a Scrabble word?

Yes, keep is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of keep?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To continue in (a course or mode of action); to not intermit or fall from; to uphold or maintain.Examples: "to keep silence;  to keep possession"transitive

2. (transitive) To remain faithful to a given promise or word.Examples: "to keep one's word;  to keep one's promise"; "Both day and night did we keep company."; "Within the Portal as I kept my Watch, / Swift gliding Shadows by the glimm'ring Moon, I could perceive in Forms of armed Men, / Poſſeſſ the Space that borders on the Porch— […]"Synonyms: fullfill, hold, honortransitive

3. (transitive) To hold the status of something.Examples: "I keep a small stock of painkillers for emergencies."; "I only meant to lend him the shirt at first, but it looked better on him than me, so I told him to keep it."Synonyms: retaintransitive

4. (transitive) To hold the status of something.Examples: "I keep my specimens under glass to protect them."; "The abundance of squirrels kept the dogs running for hours."; "Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered.[…]The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold."Synonyms: preserve, protectditransitivetransitive

5. (transitive) To hold the status of something.Examples: "I used to keep a diary."transitive

6. (transitive) To hold the status of something.transitive

noun (English)

1. (historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls.Synonyms: donjoncountablehistoricaluncountable

2. (engineering) A cap for holding something, such as a journal box, in place.countableuncountable

3. (obsolete) The act or office of keeping; custody; guard; care; heed; charge; notice.Examples: "So Sir Gareth strayned hym so that his olde wounde braste ayen on bledynge; but he was hote and corragyous and toke no kepe, but with his grete forse he strake downe the knyght[…]."; "Pan, thou god of shepherds all, / Which of our tender lambkins takest keep."countableobsoleteuncountable

4. (obsolete) That which is kept in charge; a charge.Examples: "Often he used of his keep / A sacrifice to bring."countableobsoleteuncountable

5. (euphemistic, obsolete) A mistress (the other woman in an extramarital relationship, generally including sexual relations).Examples: "My Darling Girl, In London the other day I heard a piece of news which may amuse you. The French girl who shot her so-called Egyptian prince and is going to be tried for murder, is the fancy woman who was the Prince's 'keep' in Paris during the war […]"countableeuphemisticobsoleteuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "keep"?

Scrabble
10 points
K5
E1
E1
P3
Words With Friends
11 points
K5
E1
E1
P4

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