Scrabble & Words with friends points
- openings is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- openings is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- openings is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 15
Definition of openings
- an open or empty space in or between things (noun)
Examples
- there was a small opening between the trees
Synonyms
- gap
- a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess (noun)
Examples
- he memorized all the important chess openings
Synonyms
- chess opening
- an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity (noun)
Synonyms
- orifice
- porta
- a possible alternative (noun)
Synonyms
- possibility
- possible action
- an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship (noun)
Synonyms
- hatchway
- scuttle
- the first of a series of actions (noun)
Synonyms
- first step
- initiative
- opening move
- the first performance (as of a theatrical production) (noun)
Examples
- the opening received good critical reviews
Synonyms
- curtain raising
- opening night
- a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise (noun)
- a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made (noun)
Examples
- they left a small opening for the cat at the bottom of the door
- becoming open or being made open (noun)
Examples
- the opening of his arms was the sign I was waiting for
- first or beginning (adjective)
Examples
- the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth
- the play's opening scene
- opportunity especially for employment or promotion (noun)
Examples
- there is an opening in the sales department
- the act of opening something (noun)
Examples
- the ray of light revealed his cautious opening of the door
- the initial part of the introduction (noun)
Examples
- the opening established the basic theme
See definition of openings in Merriam Webster