opener
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Is opener a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of opener?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (in combination) An establishment that opens.Examples: "The late-night openers in the mall include two restaurants and a clothing store."in-compounds
2. (card games) The player who starts the betting.
3. (card games, in the plural) Cards of sufficient value to enable a player to open the betting.in-plural
4. (metalworking) A person employed to separate sheets of hot metal that become stuck together.
5. (theater) The first act in a variety show or concert.
6. (cricket) A batsman or bowler who normally plays in the first two positions of an innings.
adj (English)
1. (phonetics) comparative form of open: more openExamples: "The letter y is also used for the slightly opener non-fricative sound heard in English year."; "Lower-middle-class speakers in New York showed a strong tendency to report themselves as using [æː] in the word pass, although as objectively observed they tended to use the pronunciation with [ɛːə]. And in the most formal style (word lists) they produced on average an opener quality than the upper-middle-class speakers – an example of Labov-hypercorrection."comparativeform-of
Definition source: Wiktionary