Definition of spruce

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• spruce is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 10
• spruce is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 10
• spruce is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 13

Definition of spruce

• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion (verb)

  Examples

  1. He spruced up for the party

  Synonyms

  1. slick up
  2. smarten up
  3. spruce up
• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners (adjective)

  Synonyms

  1. dapper
  2. dashing
  3. jaunty
  4. natty
  5. raffish
  6. rakish
  7. snappy
  8. spiffy
• make neat, smart, or trim (verb)

  Synonyms

  1. slick up
  2. smarten up
  3. spiff up
  4. spruce up
  5. titivate
  6. tittivate
• any coniferous tree of the genus Picea (noun)
• light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork (noun)

See definition of spruce in Merriam Webster