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Is less a Scrabble word?

Yes, less is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of less?

Definition

det (English)

1. (Now chiefly of numbers or dimensions) comparative form of little: more little; of inferior size, degree or extent; smaller, lesser.Examples: "Those Rattels are somewhat like the chape of a Rapier, but lesse, which they take from the taile of a snake."; "We are likewise ready to maintain with the hazard of all that is near and dear to us, that six is less than seven in all times and all places […]."; "It is also easy to see that the straight line, representing the locus of centres of buoyancy for a rectangular section, must lie at a less inclination to the base (i.e., to the horizontal) than a line representing the locus of such centres for a parabolic section […]"Antonyms: greatercomparativeform-of

2. (proscribed) Fewer; a smaller number of.Examples: "There are less people here now."; "Now there are three less green bottles hanging on the wall."; "I thinke there are few Vniuersities that haue lesse faultes than Oxford, many that haue more."proscribed

verb (English)

1. (archaic) To make less; to lessen.Examples: "1386-90, Gower, Confessio Amantis What he will make lesse, he lesseth."; "c. 1650, Patrick Gordon of Ruthven, A short Abridgement of Britane's Distemper, from the yeares of God 1639 to 1649, printed 1844 for the Spalding Club Som of the wiser sort, divining upon this vission, attrebute to the pen-knyves the lenth of tym before this should com to pass, and it hath been observed by sindrie that the earles of that hous befor wer the richest in the kingdom, having treasure and store besyde them, but ever since the addittion of this so great a revenue, they have lessed the stock by heavie burdens of debt and ingagment."; "The protracted term of life, and the lingering illness through which this gentleman had passed, had neither impaired the original vigour of his mind, nor lessed the uncommon warmth of his affections."archaic

adj (English)

1. (archaic) Lesser; smaller.Examples: "Such too, to a greater or less extent, is the condition of the operatives of every denomination in England, which is the great workhouse of the world."; "This he said, thinking that Alan would be pleased; but the Highlandman’s vanity was ready to startle at a less matter than that."archaicnot-comparable

conj (English)

1. (dialectal, nonstandard) unlessExamples: "To tell you true, 'tis too good for you, 'less you had grace to follow it"dialectalnonstandard

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "less"?

Scrabble
4 points
L1
E1
S1
S1
Words With Friends
5 points
L2
E1
S1
S1

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