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Is number a Scrabble word?

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

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

What is the meaning of number?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (countable) An abstract entity used to describe quantity.Examples: "Zero, one, −1, 2.5, and pi are all numbers."countable

2. (countable) A numeral: a symbol for a non-negative integer.Examples: "The number 8 is usually made with a single stroke."; "The former FBI director James Comey has said it did not occur to him that that the numbers 8647 – which he spotted spelled out in seashells on a beach, and posted on social media – could be interpreted as a call to assassinate the president, as many supporters of Donald Trump have claimed."Synonyms: scalar, rimecountable

3. (countable, mathematics) An element of one of several sets: natural numbers, integers, rational numbers, real numbers, complex numbers, and sometimes extensions such as hypercomplex numbers, etc.Examples: "The equation e#123;i#92;pi#125;#43;1#61;0 includes the most important numbers: 1, 0, #92;pi, i, and e."countable

4. (Followed by a numeral; used attributively) Indicating the position of something in a list or sequence. Abbreviations: No or No., no or no. (in each case, sometimes written with a superscript "o", like Nº or №). The symbol "#" is also used in this manner.Examples: "Horse number 5 won the race."attributive

5. (countable, informal) A telephone number.Examples: "Let's give her a call. Do you have her number handy?"; "I'm definitely interested. Here's my number. Call me back anytime."; "Rikki, don't lose that number / You don't wanna call nobody else / Send it off in a letter to yourself"countableinformal

6. (grammar) Of a word or phrase, the state of being singular, dual or plural, shown by inflection.Examples: "Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case."

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To total or count; to amount to.Examples: "I don’t know how many books are in the library, but they must number in the thousands."; "Do they number in the hundreds, do they number in the thousands? Do they number in the tens of thousand?"intransitive

2. (transitive, passive voice) To limit to a certain number; to reckon (as by fate) to be few in number.Examples: "The old man knew that his days were numbered."; "THE DAYS OF ENGLAND NOT “NUMBERED.” REPLY TO SIR ARCHIBALD ALISON."; "To conclude this book, we will let Lange’s photo and its three layers guide us. Each layer invites us to explore a different answer to this book's title question—how did our days become numbered?"transitive

3. (transitive, literary or archaic) To count; to determine the quantity of.Examples: "The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered."; "Who can number all the stars and who can count the desert sands?"; "From twentie yeare old and above, all that go forth to the warre in Iſrael, thou and Aaron ſhall number them, throughout their armies."archaicliterarytransitive

4. (transitive) To label (items) with numbers; to assign numbers to (items).Examples: "Number the baskets so that we can find them easily."; "“Public Health Service Numbered Publications – A Catalog, 1950-1962” and contains those numbered publications issued during the period 1963-64."; "Most of the remaining records in the War Department Collection of Revolutionary War Records were designated "miscellaneous" records, consecutively numbered, and placed in a fourth large series of records that came to be known as […]"transitive

5. (transitive, with off) To call out and assign a series of numbers (usually to people), either for the sake of dividing into groups or for counting.Examples: "Shelley numbered off the group into two teams for the baseball game."; "I counted them and numbered them off, and I found about three hundred and seventy or three hundred and seventy-five."; "At my entrance, the Sergeant called them to attention, numbered them off smartly, and presented two Companies for my instruction."transitive

6. (transitive, with off) To enumerate or list, especially while assigning numbers to.Examples: "I numbered them off on my fingers as I stated them. “First, I would redeem a small amount of my investment assets to pay off the cleared lot and come up with a down payment for the ten acres. Second, I would seek to obtain an open[…]"transitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "number"?

Scrabble
10 points
N1
U1
M3
B3
E1
R1
Words With Friends
14 points
N2
U2
M4
B4
E1
R1

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