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open

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Is open a Scrabble word?

Yes, open is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of open?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "Come in – the door's open."; "The ice has cleared and the channel is open again."not-comparableusually

2. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "The jewellery box was lying open."; "Don't just stand there with your mouth open!"; "Along the street ran an open sewer."not-comparableusually

3. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "She greeted them with open arms."; "The book was open at page 23."; "an open hand; an open flower; an open (loosely woven) fabric"not-comparableusually

4. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "It was a large, open room."; "Most of the site was occupied by huts, but there was an open area in the centre."; "Soon we left the forest behind and we were out in open country."not-comparableusually

5. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "an open fracture"not-comparableusually

6. (usually not comparable) Physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.not-comparableproscribedsometimesusually

verb (English)

1. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "Turn the doorknob to open the door."; "The door opened all by itself."; "I made a speaking trumpet of my hands and commenced to whoop “Ahoy!” and “Hello!” at the top of my lungs. […] The Colonel woke up, and, after asking what in brimstone was the matter, opened his mouth and roared “Hi!” and “Hello!” like the bull of Bashan."intransitivetransitive

2. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "The icebreaker opened the channel."; "The ice melted away and the channel opened."; "He opened a path through the undergrowth."intransitivetransitive

3. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "You can open your eyes now!"; "Her eyes opened wide."; "He had kept on recording everything then, when he had been sure he was going to die, and he went on recording everything now, when he was suddenly consumed with hate for the boy in his arms and overwhelmed by a desire to put something—his motorcycle key would do nicely — into the interfering little prayboy’s throat and open him like a can of beer."intransitivetransitive

4. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "to open a closed fist"; "to open matted cotton by separating the fibres"; "to open a map, book, scroll, padlock"intransitivetransitive

5. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "Follow agency policy, or open the bed by folding the top linens back."transitive

6. To make or become physically unobstructed, uncovered, etc.Examples: "Jeff opens his hand revealing a straight flush."intransitivetransitive

noun (English)

1. (in the definite) Open or unobstructed space; an exposed location.Examples: "I can't believe you left the lawnmower out in the open when you knew it was going to rain this afternoon!"; "Wary of hunters, the fleeing deer kept well out of the open, dodging instead from thicket to thicket."

2. (in the definite) Public knowledge or scrutiny; full view.Examples: "We have got to bring this company's corrupt business practices into the open."

3. (electronics) A defect in an electrical circuit preventing current from flowing.Examples: "The electrician found the open in the circuit after a few minutes of testing."

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "open"?

Scrabble
6 points
O1
P3
E1
N1
Words With Friends
8 points
O1
P4
E1
N2

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