Scrabble & Words with friends points
- trace is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- trace is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- trace is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 8
Definition of trace
- to go back over again (verb)
Examples
- we retraced the route we took last summer
- trace your path
Synonyms
- retrace
- a suggestion of some quality (noun)
Synonyms
- ghost
- touch
- a just detectable amount (noun)
Examples
- he speaks French with a trace of an accent
Synonyms
- hint
- suggestion
- tint
- make a mark or lines on a surface (verb)
Examples
- trace the outline of a figure in the sand
Synonyms
- delineate
- describe
- draw
- line
- pursue or chase relentlessly (verb)
Examples
- The hunters traced the deer into the woods
Synonyms
- hound
- hunt
- an indication that something has been present (noun)
Examples
- there wasn't a trace of evidence for the claim
Synonyms
- shadow
- tincture
- vestige
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something (verb)
Examples
- trace the student's progress
- trace one's ancestry
Synonyms
- follow
- read with difficulty (verb)
Examples
- The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs
Synonyms
- decipher
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image (noun)
Synonyms
- tracing
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle (noun)
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of (verb)
Examples
- trace a design
- trace a pattern
- discover traces of (verb)
Examples
- She traced the circumstances of her birth
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree (noun)
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along (verb)
Examples
- The children traced along the edge of the dark forest
- The women traced the pasture
See definition of trace in Merriam Webster