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Is sharp a Scrabble word?

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

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What is the meaning of sharp?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (colloquial) Intelligent.Examples: "My nephew is a sharp lad; he can count to 100 in six languages, and he's only five years old."; "At school, despite his sharp mind, Malcolm was laughed at by teachers when he said he wanted to be a lawyer."Synonyms: brainy, bright, intelligent, keen, smart, wittycolloquial

2. (music) Raised by one semitone (denoted by the symbol ♯ after the name of the note).

3. (music) Higher in pitch than required.Examples: "The orchestra's third violin several times was sharp about an eighth of a tone."

4. (colloquial) Illegal or dishonest.Examples: "Michael had a number of sharp ventures that he kept off the books."Synonyms: dishonest, dodgy, illegal, illicit, underhandcolloquial

5. (colloquial) Keenly or unduly attentive to one's own interests; shrewd, verging on dishonest.Examples: "a sharp dealer, a sharp customer, sharp practice"; "But, as they have hitherto stood, a clergyman established in a competent living is not under the necessity of being so sharp, vigilant, and exacting."colloquial

6. (colloquial) Stylish, smart or attractive.Examples: "You look so sharp in that tuxedo!"; "A sharp dresser partial to snakeskin shoes whose miniature Australian shepherd dog Saatchi is a constant fixture on family outings, [Donald] Tang's next move was to reinvent himself as a dealmaker connecting China with Hollywood amid growing demand for entertainment content in both countries."Synonyms: chic, elegant, smart, stylishcolloquial

adv (English)

1. (of times of day, not comparable) Exactly.Examples: "I'll see you at twelve o'clock sharp."Synonyms: exactlynot-comparable

2. (music) In a higher pitch than is correct or desirable.Examples: "I didn't enjoy the concert much because the soprano sang sharp on all the high notes."; "1867, Dutton Cook, Hobson's Choice, Chapter 8, “Music Hath Charms”, p. 72 https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Hobson_s_Choice/hwhhEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Matilda+Milner+frequently+sang+sharp%22&pg=PA72&printsec=frontcover Whereas Matilda Milner frequently sang sharp, in spite of the efforts of Miss Brown, who played the accompaniment, to give her the right note and keep her in tune."

noun (English)

1. (music) The symbol ♯, placed after the name of a note in the key signature or before a note on the staff to indicate that the note is to be played one chromatic semitone higher.Examples: "The pitch pipe sounded out a perfect F♯ (F sharp)."; "Transposition frequently is harder to read because of all the sharps and flats on the staff."

2. (music) A note that is played one chromatic semitone higher than usual; denoted by the name of the note that is followed by the symbol ♯.

3. (music) A note that is sharp in a particular key.Examples: "The piece was difficult to read after it had been transposed, since in the new key many notes were sharps."

4. (music) The scale having a particular sharp note as its tonic.Examples: "Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" is written in C♯ minor (C sharp minor.)"

5. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.Examples: "Place sharps in the specially marked red container for safe disposal."; "If butchers had but the manners to go to sharps, gentlemen would be contented with a rubber at cuffs."plural-normally

6. (usually in the plural) Something that is sharp.plural-normally

verb (English)

1. (music) To raise the pitch of a note half a step making a natural note a sharp.Examples: "That new musician must be tone deaf: he sharped half the notes of the song!"

2. (transitive, obsolete) To sharpen.obsoletetransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "sharp"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
H4
A1
R1
P3
Words With Friends
10 points
S1
H3
A1
R1
P4

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