Scrabble & Words with friends points
- cases is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- cases is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- cases is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of cases
- a specific size and style of type within a type family (noun)
Synonyms
- face
- font
- fount
- typeface
- an enveloping structure or covering enclosing an animal or plant organ or part (noun)
Synonyms
- sheath
- the enclosing frame around a door or window opening (noun)
Synonyms
- casing
- a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities) (noun)
Examples
- a mental case
Synonyms
- character
- eccentric
- type
- (printing) the receptacle in which a compositor has his type, which is divided into compartments for the different letters, spaces, or numbers (noun)
Examples
- for English, a compositor will ordinarily have two such cases, the upper case containing the capitals and the lower case containing the small letters
Synonyms
- compositor's case
- typesetter's case
- the quantity contained in a case (noun)
Synonyms
- caseful
- the housing or outer covering of something (noun)
Examples
- the clock has a walnut case
Synonyms
- casing
- shell
- bed linen consisting of a cover for a pillow (noun)
Examples
- the burglar carried his loot in a pillowcase
Synonyms
- pillow slip
- pillowcase
- slip
- a special set of circumstances (noun)
Examples
- it may rain in which case the picnic will be canceled
Synonyms
- event
- an occurrence of something (noun)
Examples
- it was a case of bad judgment
Synonyms
- example
- instance
- enclose in, or as if in, a case (verb)
Examples
- my feet were encased in mud
Synonyms
- encase
- incase
- nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence (noun)
Synonyms
- grammatical case
- a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy (noun)
Synonyms
- causa
- cause
- lawsuit
- suit
- a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation (noun)
Examples
- the cases that we studied were drawn from two different communities
Synonyms
- guinea pig
- subject
- a glass container used to store and display items in a shop or museum or home (noun)
Synonyms
- display case
- showcase
- vitrine
- a person requiring professional services (noun)
Examples
- a typical case was the suburban housewife described by a marriage counselor
- a portable container for carrying several objects (noun)
Examples
- the musicians left their instrument cases backstage
- a problem requiring investigation (noun)
Examples
- Perry Mason solved the case of the missing heir
- a specific state of mind that is temporary (noun)
Examples
- a case of the jitters
- a statement of facts and reasons used to support an argument (noun)
Examples
- he stated his case clearly
- look over, usually with the intention to rob (verb)
Examples
- They men cased the housed
- the actual state of things (noun)
Examples
- that was not the case
See definition of cases in Merriam Webster