Scrabble & Words with friends points
- dash is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- dash is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- dash is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 7
Definition of dash
- the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code (noun)
Synonyms
- dah
- the act of moving with great haste (noun)
Examples
- he made a dash for the door
Synonyms
- bolt
- run or move very quickly or hastily (verb)
Examples
- She dashed into the yard
Synonyms
- dart
- flash
- scoot
- scud
- shoot
- distinctive and stylish elegance (noun)
Examples
- he wooed her with the confident dash of a cavalry officer
Synonyms
- elan
- flair
- panache
- style
- a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text (noun)
Synonyms
- hyphen
- break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over (verb)
Synonyms
- smash
- hurl or thrust violently (verb)
Examples
- He dashed the plate against the wall
- Waves were dashing against the rock
Synonyms
- crash
- cause to lose courage (verb)
Examples
- dashed by the refusal
Synonyms
- daunt
- frighten away
- frighten off
- pall
- scare
- scare away
- scare off
- a quick run (noun)
Synonyms
- sprint
- add an enlivening or altering element to (verb)
Examples
- blue paint dashed with white
- a footrace run at top speed (noun)
Examples
- he is preparing for the 100-yard dash
- destroy or break (verb)
Examples
- dashed ambitions and hopes
See definition of dash in Merriam Webster