Scrabble & Words with friends points
- real is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
- real is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
- real is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 5
Definition of real
- being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something (adjective)
Synonyms
- actual
- genuine
- literal
- used as intensifiers; `real' is sometimes used informally for `really'; `rattling' is informal (adverb)
Examples
- a really enjoyable evening
- I'm real sorry about it
Synonyms
- rattling
- really
- very
- capable of being treated as fact (adjective)
Examples
- his brief time as Prime Minister brought few real benefits to the poor
Synonyms
- tangible
- having substance or capable of being treated as fact; not imaginary (adjective)
Synonyms
- material
- substantial
- any rational or irrational number (noun)
Synonyms
- real number
- being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory (adjective)
Examples
- real objects
- real people; not ghosts
- a film based on real life
- a real illness
- real humility
- Life is real! Life is earnest!
Synonyms
- existent
- coinciding with reality (adjective)
Synonyms
- veridical
- an old small silver Spanish coin (noun)
- no less than what is stated; worthy of the name (adjective)
Examples
- the real reason
- real war
- a real friend
- a real woman
- meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal
- it's time he had a real job
- it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money
- not to be taken lightly (adjective)
Examples
- statistics demonstrate that poverty and unemployment are very real problems
- to the man sleeping regularly in doorways homelessness is real
- (of property) fixed or immovable (adjective)
Examples
- real property consists of land and buildings
- of, relating to, or representing an amount that is corrected for inflation (adjective)
Examples
- real prices
- real income
- real wages
- the basic unit of money in Brazil; equal to 100 centavos (noun)
See definition of real in Merriam Webster