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Is mask a Scrabble word?

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

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of mask?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (poetic) Appearance, likeness.Examples: "Come then, pure hands, and bear the head ⁠That sleeps or wears the mask of sleep, ⁠And come, whatever loves to weep, And hear the ritual of the dead."poetic

2. (obsolete) A dramatic performance in which the actors wore masks and represented mythical or allegorical characters.obsolete

3. (architecture) A grotesque head or face, used to adorn keystones and other prominent parts, to spout water in fountains, and the like.Synonyms: mascaron

4. (fortification) In a permanent fortification, a redoubt which protects the caponiere.

5. (fortification) A screen for a battery.

6. (zoology) The lower lip of the larva of a dragonfly, modified so as to form a prehensile organ.

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To cover (the face or something else), in order to conceal the identity or protect against injury; to cover with a mask or visor.Examples: "They must all be masked and vizarded"transitive

2. (transitive) To disguise as something else.transitive

3. (transitive) To conceal from view or knowledge; to cover; to hide.Examples: "Masking the business from the common eye"; "The opponent must not be able to recognize when we inhale and when we exhale. We achieve this by breathing with the diaphragm and we do not raise the shoulders while breathing. In particular we must mask when we are out of breath."; "Many autistic people have language and cognitive skills; [and] they mask their autism, cover up social discomfort, and work hard to be someone they are not, so people often see them as “fitting in” just fine."transitive

4. (transitive, military) To conceal; also, to intervene in the line of.transitive

5. (transitive, military) To cover or keep in check.Examples: "to mask a body of troops or a fortess by a superior force, while some hostile evolution is being carried out"transitive

6. (intransitive) To take part as a masker in a masquerade.Examples: "Come Pentecost as quickly as it will, Some five and twenty years, and then we mask’d."; "noble Gentilmen / who daunced & masked wt thes fayer ladyes & gentillwomen"intransitive

noun (English)

1. (UK dialectal, Scotland) The mesh of a net; a net; net-bag.ScotlandUKdialectal

noun (English)

1. (UK dialectal) Mash.UKdialectal

verb (English)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To mash.UKdialectaltransitive

2. (transitive, UK dialectal) (brewing) To mix malt with hot water to yield wort.UKdialectaltransitive

3. (transitive, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham dialectal) To be infused or steeped.CumbriaDurhamGeordieNorthumbriaScotlanddialectaltransitive

4. (UK dialectal, Scotland, Cumbria, Geordie, Northumbria, Durham) To prepare tea in a teapot; alternative to brew.CumbriaDurhamGeordieNorthumbriaScotlandUKdialectal

5. (Scotland, Northern England, rare, of clouds, the weather, a storm, etc) To prepare (to storm).Examples: "I saw the storm was masking fast, That soon wad fa' on me;[…]"; "... mirky cluds in the south-wast / Are masking up a blashy blast, ..."; "The whislin' key hole o the door / Fou plainly tells a storm is maskin'."Northern-EnglandScotlandrare

verb (English)

1. (transitive, UK dialectal) To bewilder; confuse.UKdialectaltransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "mask"?

Scrabble
10 points
M3
A1
S1
K5
Words With Friends
11 points
M4
A1
S1
K5

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