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Is lift a Scrabble word?

Yes, lift is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
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What is the meaning of lift?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.Examples: "The fog eventually lifted, leaving the streets clear."; "You never lift a finger to help me!"; "c. 1490, Of Penance and Confession be master Jhon Yrlandː Liftand (lifting) thy hands and thy eyen to Heaven."ambitransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To raise or rise.Examples: "Graham secured victory with five minutes left, coolly lifting the ball over Asmir Begovic."ambitransitivetransitive

3. (transitive, slang) To steal.Examples: "Kamal is out with twenty men to raise the Border side, And he has lifted the Colonel's mare that is the Colonel's pride."; "“Wilbert Cream is a ... what's the word?” I referred to the letter. “A kleptomaniac […] Does any thought occur to you?” “It most certainly does. I am thinking of your uncle's collection of old silver.” “Me, too.” “It presents a grave temptation to the unhappy young man.” “I don't know that I'd call him unhappy. He probably thoroughly enjoys lifting the stuff.”"slangtransitive

4. (transitive, slang) To source directly without acknowledgement; to plagiarise.Examples: "Based on a similarity across a range of Anglo-Indian entries in these three dictionaries, it appears that (along with other lexis) Barrère and Leland (1898) copied this entry from Hotten (1864), who had in turn lifted it directly from Stocqueler (1848)."slangtransitive

5. (transitive, slang) To arrest (a person).Examples: "Maybe the police lifted him and he's in Castlereagh [Interrogation Centre] because he'd been lifted three or four times previously and took to Castlereagh. They used to come in and raid the house and take him away."slangtransitive

6. (transitive) To remove (a ban, restriction, etc.).transitive

noun (English)

1. (UK, Australia, New Zealand, India, puristic elsewhere) Mechanical device for vertically transporting goods or people between floors in a building.Examples: "Take the lift to the fourth floor."Synonyms: elevatorAustraliaIndiaNew-ZealandUKcountableuncountable

2. (measurement) The difference in elevation between the upper pool and lower pool of a waterway, separated by lock.countableuncountable

3. (historical slang) A thief.Examples: "The lift came into the shop dressed like a country gentleman, but was careful not to have a cloak about him, so that the tradesman could see he had no opportunity to conceal any goods about his person."countablehistoricalslanguncountable

4. (dance) The lifting of a dance partner into the air.countableuncountable

5. (figurative) An improvement in mood.Examples: "The news rocked us, especially since we were anticipating a lift for our spirits under the grim circumstances."; "Just to think he had both a mistress and a wife gave him a lift. He needed a lift, for although he'd had promotion, his wasn't an exciting job."; "The dismissal of a player who left Arsenal for Manchester City before joining Tottenham gave the home players and fans a noticeable lift."countablefigurativelyuncountable

6. (nautical) A rope leading from the masthead to the extremity of a yard below, and used for raising or supporting the end of the yard.countableuncountable

noun (English)

1. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Air.ScotlandUKdialectaluncountableusually

2. (UK dialectal, chiefly Scotland) The sky; the heavens; firmament; atmosphere.Examples: "No, no, Leddy! the sun maun be up in the lift whan I venture to her den."Synonyms: air, atmosphere, welkinScotlandUKdialectaluncountableusually

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "lift"?

Scrabble
7 points
L1
I1
F4
T1
Words With Friends
8 points
L2
I1
F4
T1

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