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Is slight a Scrabble word?

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

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What is the meaning of slight?

Definition

adj (English)

1. Minor; small in amountExamples: "in the slight future"Synonyms: ignorable, meaningless, negligible, tiny, base, contemptible, foolish, for the birdsarchaicrare

2. (regional) Even, smooth or level.Examples: "A slight stone"Synonyms: flat, glassy, slick, downy, even, flat, frictionless, lanateregional

3. (especially said of the sea) Still; with little or no movement on the surface.Examples: "The sea was slight and calm"especially

4. (obsolete) Foolish; silly; not intellectual.Examples: "But no beast ever was so slight, For man, as for his god, to fight; They have more wit, alas! and know Themselves and us better than so."Synonyms: daft, fatuous, soft in the head, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loonyobsolete

5. (regional, obsolete) Bad, of poor quality.Examples: "1889 (first published), George Washington, Writings we frequently have slight Goods and sometimes old and unsaleable Articles"Synonyms: flimsy, lousy, shoddy, ass, bad, base, below par, brokenobsoleteregional

6. (dated) Slighting; treating with disdain.Examples: "This slight way of treating both his book and his ancestors nettled little Puddock – who never himself took a liberty, and expected similar treatment – but he knew Sturk, the nature of the beast, and he only bowed grandly […]"Synonyms: contemptuous, disdainful, scornful, belittling, contemptuous, deprecative, derogative, despisingdated

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To treat as unimportant or not worthy of attention; to make light of.Examples: "the wretch who slights the bounty of the skies"transitive

2. (transitive) To give lesser weight or importance to.Examples: "Incontiguously (accent on tig; the rest of the syllables slighted) means in an incontiguous manner."Synonyms: belittleAntonyms: respect, value, esteemtransitive

3. (transitive) To treat (someone or something) with disdain or neglect, usually out of prejudice, hatred, or jealousy; to ignore disrespectfully; to skimp on one's duties toward.Examples: "Though true of heart, she was somewhat of a coquette in manner; and I was jealous as a Turk. She slighted me in a thousand ways, yet would never acknowledge herself to be in the wrong. She would drive me mad with anger, and then force me to beg her pardon."Synonyms: contemn, despiseAntonyms: respect, honortransitive

4. (intransitive) To act negligently or carelessly.intransitive

5. (transitive, military, of a fortification) To render no longer defensible by full or partial demolition.Examples: "When the parliament had finished the war , they reduced and slighted most of the inland garrison"transitive

6. (obsolete, transitive) To make even or level.Examples: "After your ground is sowne and harrowed, you shall then clotte it, sleight it, and smooth it."obsoletetransitive

noun (English)

1. (obsolete) Sleight.Examples: "For till that stownd could never wight him harme, By subtilty, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charme."obsolete

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "slight"?

Scrabble
10 points
S1
L1
I1
G2
H4
T1
Words With Friends
11 points
S1
L2
I1
G3
H3
T1

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