Scrabble & Words with friends points
- screen is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 8
- screen is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 8
- screen is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 10
Definition of screen
- protect, hide, or conceal from danger or harm (verb)
Synonyms
- shield
- test or examine for the presence of disease or infection (verb)
Examples
- screen the blood for the HIV virus
Synonyms
- test
- a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles (noun)
Synonyms
- sieve
- a covering that serves to conceal or shelter something (noun)
Examples
- a screen of trees afforded privacy
Synonyms
- concealment
- cover
- covert
- the personnel of the film industry (noun)
Examples
- a star of stage and screen
Synonyms
- filmdom
- screenland
- separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff (verb)
Synonyms
- riddle
- examine in order to test suitability (verb)
Examples
- screen these samples
- screen the job applicants
Synonyms
- screen out
- sieve
- sort
- a white or silvered surface where pictures can be projected for viewing (noun)
Synonyms
- projection screen
- silver screen
- prevent from entering (verb)
Synonyms
- block out
- the display that is electronically created on the surface of the large end of a cathode-ray tube (noun)
Synonyms
- crt screen
- a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight (noun)
Synonyms
- blind
- a protective covering consisting of netting; can be mounted in a frame (noun)
Examples
- they put screens in the windows for protection against insects
- a metal screen protected the observers
- examine methodically (verb)
Examples
- screen the suitcases
- partition consisting of a decorative frame or panel that serves to divide a space (noun)
- project onto a screen for viewing (verb)
Examples
- screen a film
See definition of screen in Merriam Webster