Scrabble & Words with friends points
- well is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 7
- well is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 7
- well is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 9
Definition of well
- in a manner affording benefit or advantage (adverb)
Examples
- she married well
Synonyms
- advantageously
- (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well') (adverb)
Examples
- the children behaved well
- a task well done
- the party went well
- he slept well
- a well-argued thesis
- a well-seasoned dish
- a well-planned party
Synonyms
- good
- indicating high probability; in all likelihood (adverb)
Examples
- I might well do it
- you may well need your umbrella
- he could equally well be trying to deceive us
Synonyms
- easily
- resulting favorably (adjective)
Examples
- it is well that no one saw you
- all's well that ends well
Synonyms
- good
- to a great extent or degree (adverb)
Examples
- I'm afraid the film was well over budget
Synonyms
- considerably
- substantially
- an abundant source (noun)
Examples
- she was a well of information
Synonyms
- fountainhead
- wellspring
- with great or especially intimate knowledge (adverb)
Examples
- we knew them well
Synonyms
- intimately
- come up, as of a liquid (verb)
Examples
- Tears well in her eyes
- the currents well up
Synonyms
- swell
- in financial comfort (adverb)
Examples
- They live well
Synonyms
- comfortably
- a cavity or vessel used to contain liquid (noun)
- a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine (noun)
- an enclosed compartment in a ship or plane for holding something as e.g. fish or a plane's landing gear or for protecting something as e.g. a ship's pumps (noun)
- an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway) (noun)
- in good health especially after having suffered illness or injury (adjective)
Examples
- appears to be entirely well
- the wound is nearly well
- a well man
- I think I'm well; at least I feel well
- (used for emphasis or as an intensifier) entirely or fully (adverb)
Examples
- a book well worth reading
- was well aware of the difficulties ahead
- suspected only too well what might be going on
- wise or advantageous and hence advisable (adjective)
Examples
- it would be well to start early
- favorably; with approval ()
Examples
- their neighbors spoke well of them
- he thought well of the book
- with skill or in a pleasing manner ()
Examples
- she dances well
- he writes well
- without unusual distress or resentment; with good humor ()
Examples
- took the joke well
- took the tragic news well
See definition of well in Merriam Webster