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Is show a Scrabble word?

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

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of show?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).Examples: "The car's dull finish showed years of neglect."; "All he had to show for four years of attendance at college was a framed piece of paper."; "I do some sculpturing, but I don't like to show anybody."Synonyms: display, exhibit, flaunt, indicate, parade, point out, reveal, rub one's nose intransitive

2. (transitive) To bestow; to confer.Examples: "to show mercy; to show favour"; "(dialectal) show me the salt please"transitive

3. (transitive) To indicate (a fact) to be true; to demonstrate.Examples: "He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair."; "2018, VOA Learning English > China's Melting Glacier Brings Visitors, Adds to Climate Concerns A report this year in the Journal of Geophysical Research showed that the glacier has lost 60 percent of its mass."Synonyms: demonstrate, provetransitive

4. (transitive) To guide or escort.Examples: "Could you please show him on his way. He has overstayed his welcome."; "Who can show me to office? -I'll show in."transitive

5. (intransitive) To be visible; to be seen; to appear.Examples: "Your bald patch is starting to show."; "At length, his gloom showed."; "Just such she shows before a rising storm."intransitive

6. (intransitive, informal) To put in an appearance; show up.Examples: "We waited for an hour, but they never showed."Synonyms: arrive, show upinformalintransitive

noun (English)

1. (countable) A play, dance, or other entertainment.Examples: "There were a thousand people at the show."; "Then he commenced to talk, really talk. and inside of two flaps of a herring's fin he had me mesmerized, like Eben Holt's boy at the town hall show. He talked about the ills of humanity, and the glories of health and Nature and service and land knows what all."countable

2. (countable) An exhibition of items.Examples: "art show;  dog show"countable

3. (countable) A broadcast program, especially a light entertainment program.Examples: "radio show;  television show"; "They performed in the show."; "I spotted my neighbour on the morning TV show."Synonyms: program(me)countable

4. (countable) A movie.Examples: "Let's catch a show."countable

5. (Australia, New Zealand, countable) An agricultural exhibition.Examples: "I'm taking the kids to the show on Tuesday."; "E. C. McEnulty, who won the chop at the show on Thursday, cut through a foot lying block in 34 seconds"Synonyms: exhibition, expositionAustraliaNew-Zealandcountable

6. (countable) A demonstration.Examples: "show of force"Synonyms: demonstration, illustration, proofcountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "show"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
H4
O1
W4
Words With Friends
9 points
S1
H3
O1
W4

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