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nurse

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Is nurse a Scrabble word?

Yes, nurse is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 5 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of nurse?

Definition

noun (English)

1. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:Examples: "My aunt was my nurse while I recuperated at home from surgery."informal

2. A person involved in providing direct care for the sick:

3. (figurative) One who, or that which, brings up, rears, causes to grow, trains, or fosters.Examples: "Eton College has been called "the chief nurse of England's statesmen"."; "the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise"figuratively

4. (horticulture) A shrub or tree that protects a young plant.

5. (nautical) A lieutenant or first officer who takes command when the captain is unfit for his place.

6. (archaic) A wet nurse.archaic

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle.Examples: "She believes that nursing her baby will make him strong and healthy."transitive

2. (intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast.intransitive

3. (transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.Examples: "She nursed him back to health."transitive

4. (transitive) To tend gently and with extra care.Examples: "She nursed the rosebush and that season it bloomed."transitive

5. (transitive) To manage or oversee (something) with care and economy.Synonyms: husband#Verbtransitive

6. (transitive, informal) To drink (a beverage) slowly, so as to make it last.Examples: "Rob was nursing a small beer."Synonyms: sipinformaltransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "nurse"?

Scrabble
5 points
N1
U1
R1
S1
E1
Words With Friends
7 points
N2
U2
R1
S1
E1

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