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Is match a Scrabble word?

Yes, match is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 12 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of match?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (sports) A competitive sporting event such as a boxing meet (commonly called a "bout"), a baseball game, or a cricket match.Examples: "My local team are playing in a match against their arch-rivals today."; "Can you play billiards? / Yes, do you wish to have a match with me? / Let us simply play (a game) for pleasure. We needn't have a match, as I don't like to gamble."

2. (metalworking) A perforated board, block of plaster, hardened sand, etc., in which a pattern is partly embedded when a mould is made, for giving shape to the surfaces of separation between the parts of the mould.

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To agree; to be equal; to correspond.Examples: "Their interests didn't match, so it took a long time to agree what to do together."; "These two copies are supposed to be identical, but they don't match."; "I'll be interested to see how this service does. It will be basic with fares to match, so will be akin to a budget airline taking on a flag-carrier."Synonyms: comportintransitive

2. (transitive) To agree with; to be equal to; to correspond to.Examples: "His interests didn't match her interests."; "There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls."; "Soon after the arrival of Mrs. Campbell, dinner was announced by Abboye. He came into the drawing room resplendent in his gold-and-white turban. […] His cummerbund matched the turban in gold lines."transitive

3. (transitive) To equal or exceed in achievement.Examples: "She matched him at every turn: anything he could do, she could do as well or better."transitive

4. (transitive) To make a successful match or pairing.Examples: "They found out about his color-blindness when he couldn't match socks properly."; "Finance is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend."transitive

5. (obsolete) To unite in marriage, to mate.Examples: "[…]Adam's sons are my brethren; and truly, I hold it a sin to match in my kindred."; "A senator of Rome survived, Would not have matched his daughter with a king."obsolete

6. (transitive, programming) To be an example of a rule or regex.Examples: "The behavior matched one or more rules and was rejected by an edit filter."transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "match"?

Scrabble
12 points
M3
A1
T1
C3
H4
Words With Friends
13 points
M4
A1
T1
C4
H3

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