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Is support a Scrabble word?

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

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  • Wordle No
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of support?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To help keep from falling.Examples: "Don’t move that beam! It supports the whole platform."; "He staggered away from the accident site, supported by one friend on each side."; "There is a soft-mat seat (which originally had a palm fiber underwebbing) supported by three curved transverse braces."Synonyms: bear, bestand, hold up, stut, undergird, underprop, upbear, upgirdtransitive

2. (transitive) To back or favor a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid:Examples: "I support France in the World Cup."Synonyms: adhereAntonyms: opposetransitive

3. (transitive) To provide sustenance or maintenance for; to sustain in integrity or livelihood.Examples: "Mars does not currently support human habitation."; "A grain, which in England is generally given to horſes, but which in Scotland ſupports the people."transitive

4. (transitive) To help, particularly financially; to subsidize.Examples: "The government supports the arts in several ways."; "I said I shouldn’t support anything that deceives people."; "The NIAID supports projects at universities and research organizations around the United States as well as a network of 21 NIAID labs across the country."transitive

5. (transitive) To provide evidence for; to lend credibility to.Examples: "The testimony is not sufficient to support the charges."; "The evidence will not support the statements or allegations."; "to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy"Synonyms: attest, corroborate, establish, substantiate, sustain, verifytransitive

6. (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented position; to give support to.Examples: "The IT Department supports the research organization, but not the sales force."transitive

noun (English)

1. (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.Examples: "Don't move that beam! It's a support for the whole platform."attributivecountablesometimesuncountable

2. (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero; the closure of that set.Antonyms: kernelcountableuncountable

3. (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).Examples: "If the membership function of a fuzzy set is continuous, then that fuzzy set's support is an open set."countableuncountable

4. (commutative algebra, of a module M over a commutative ring R) The set of all prime ideals of R such that the localization of M at the prime is nonzero, denoted operatorname SuppMcountableuncountable

5. (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.Examples: "This game has no mouse support."countableuncountable

6. (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.Examples: "Dip down as far as you are able, aiming to descend to the bottom of your sternum. Press back up to a support."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "support"?

Scrabble
11 points
S1
U1
P3
P3
O1
R1
T1
Words With Friends
14 points
S1
U2
P4
P4
O1
R1
T1

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