Scrabble & Words with friends points
- key is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
- key is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
- key is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of key
- a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida (noun)
Synonyms
- cay
- florida key
- identify as in botany or biology, for example (verb)
Synonyms
- describe
- discover
- distinguish
- identify
- key out
- name
- (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court (noun)
Examples
- he hit a jump shot from the top of the key
Synonyms
- paint
- any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music (noun)
Synonyms
- tonality
- United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843) (noun)
Synonyms
- francis scott key
- mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock) (noun)
Synonyms
- winder
- the central building block at the top of an arch or vault (noun)
Synonyms
- headstone
- keystone
- serving as an essential component (adjective)
Synonyms
- cardinal
- central
- fundamental
- primal
- a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple (noun)
Synonyms
- key fruit
- samara
- a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access (noun)
Examples
- a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it
- a kilogram of a narcotic drug (noun)
Examples
- they were carrying two keys of heroin
- a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed (noun)
- a list of answers to a test (noun)
Examples
- some students had stolen the key to the final exam
- a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations (noun)
- harmonize with or adjust to (verb)
Examples
- key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude
- metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated (noun)
- pitch of the voice (noun)
Examples
- he spoke in a low key
- provide with a key (verb)
Examples
- We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building
- regulate the musical pitch of (verb)
- something crucial for explaining (noun)
Examples
- the key to development is economic integration
- vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key (verb)
Examples
- His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot
See definition of key in Merriam Webster