Scrabble & Words with friends points
- scale is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- scale is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- scale is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of scale
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin (noun)
Synonyms
- exfoliation
- scurf
- remove the scales from (verb)
Examples
- scale fish
Synonyms
- descale
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) (noun)
Synonyms
- musical scale
- a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass (noun)
Synonyms
- weighing machine
- reach the highest point of (verb)
Examples
- We scaled the Mont Blanc
Synonyms
- surmount
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) (noun)
Synonyms
- plate
- shell
- an ordered reference standard (noun)
Examples
- judging on a scale of 1 to 10
Synonyms
- graduated table
- ordered series
- scale of measurement
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin (noun)
Synonyms
- scale leaf
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals (noun)
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks (noun)
- climb up by means of a ladder (verb)
- measure by or as if by a scale (verb)
Examples
- This bike scales only 25 pounds
- measure with or as if with scales (verb)
Examples
- scale the gold
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard (verb)
- relative magnitude (noun)
Examples
- they entertained on a grand scale
- size or measure according to a scale (verb)
Examples
- This model must be scaled down
- take by attacking with scaling ladders (verb)
Examples
- The troops scaled the walls of the fort
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it (noun)
Examples
- the scale of the map
- the scale of the model
See definition of scale in Merriam Webster