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Is award a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word award is a Scrabble US word. The word award is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is award a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word award is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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Is award a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word award is a Words With Friends word. The word award is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

A1W4A1R1D2

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5-letter words (1 found)

AWARD,

4-letter words (3 found)

ADAW,DRAW,WARD,

3-letter words (7 found)

ARD,AWA,DAW,RAD,RAW,WAD,WAR,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AD,AR,AW,DA,

You can make 16 words from award according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of award

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Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word award. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in award.

Definitions and meaning of award

award

Etymology

From Middle English awarden, from Anglo-Norman awarder, from Medieval Latin *exwardare, from Latin ex (“out”) + Medieval Latin wardare, guardare (“to observe, regard, guard”); see ward, guard, regard.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈwɔːd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈwɔɹd/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Noun

award (plural awards)

  1. (law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.
  2. (law) The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded.
  3. (academia) Funding that has been granted for the conduct of a research project.
  4. A trophy or medal; something that denotes an accomplishment, especially in a competition. A prize or honor based on merit.
  5. (Australia, NZ, industrial relations) A negotiated set of employment conditions and minimum wages for a particular trade or industry; an industrial award.

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Verb

award (third-person singular simple present awards, present participle awarding, simple past and past participle awarded)

  1. (intransitive) To determine; to make or grant an award.
    Synonym: crown
  2. (transitive) To give (an award).
    Synonym: bestow
  3. (transitive) To give (a person) an award.
  4. (transitive, law) To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case.
    Synonym: adjudge

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Further reading

  • “award”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “award”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Warda, adraw

Source: wiktionary.org