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Is remove a Scrabble word?

Yes, remove is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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

What is the meaning of remove?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To delete.transitive

2. (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.Examples: "He removed the marbles from the bag."; "Thou ſhalt not remoue thy neghbours marke which they of olde tyme haue ſett in thyne enheritaunce that thou enheretteſt in the londe which the Lorde thy God geueth the to enioye it."; "Now that she was rested and had fed from the luncheon tray Mrs. Broome had just removed, she had reverted to her normal gaiety."transitive

3. (transitive) To move from one place to another, especially to take away.Examples: "But Richmond[…]appeared to lose himself in his own reflections. Some pickled crab, which he had not touched, had been removed with a damson pie; and his sister saw[…]that he had eaten no more than a spoonful of that either."formalobsoletetransitive

4. (transitive) To murder.transitive

5. (cricket, transitive) To dismiss a batsman.transitive

6. (transitive) To discard, set aside, especially something abstract (a thought, feeling, etc.).Examples: "Eternall thraldom was to her more liefe, / Then loſſe of chaſtitie, or chaunge of loue : / Dye had ſhe rather in tormenting griefe, / Then any ſhould of falſeneſſe her reproue, / Or looſeneſſe, that ſhe lightly did remoue."; "The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation."transitive

noun (English)

1. (cooking, now chiefly historical) A dish served to replace an earlier one during a meal; a part of a new course.Examples: "A supper brings up the rear, not forgetting the introductory luncheon, almost equalling in removes the dinner."; "An attempt at entrées and removes failed at the first dinner-party."historical

2. (British) (at some public schools) A division of the school, especially the form prior to lastBritish

3. (figurative, by extension) Emotional distance or indifference.broadlyfiguratively

4. (figurative, by extension) State of mind allowing for a certain degree of objectivity in evaluating things.Examples: "The fact that one structure applied in the rainy season and another in the dry allowed Nambikwara chiefs to view their own social arrangements at one remove: to see them as not simply “given”, in the natural order of things, but as something at least partially open to human intervention."broadlyfiguratively

5. (dated) The transfer of one's home or business to another place; a move.Examples: "It is an English proverb that three removes are as bad as a fire."dated

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "remove"?

Scrabble
11 points
R1
E1
M3
O1
V4
E1
Words With Friends
13 points
R1
E1
M4
O1
V4
E1

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