Scrabble & Words with friends points
- need is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 5
- need is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 5
- need is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 6
Definition of need
- have need of (verb)
Synonyms
- require
- want
- anything that is necessary but lacking (noun)
Examples
- he had sufficient means to meet his simple needs
Synonyms
- want
- the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior (noun)
Synonyms
- motivation
- motive
- require as useful, just, or proper (verb)
Synonyms
- ask
- call for
- demand
- involve
- necessitate
- postulate
- require
- take
- a state of extreme poverty or destitution (noun)
Examples
- a general state of need exists among the homeless
Synonyms
- indigence
- pauperism
- pauperization
- penury
- a condition requiring relief (noun)
Examples
- she satisfied his need for affection
- God has no need of men to accomplish His work
Synonyms
- demand
See definition of need in Merriam Webster