Scrabble Dictionary
Check words in Scrabble Dictionary and make sure it's an official scrabble word.
Yes
Valid in these dictionaries
- TWL/NWL (Scrabble US / Canada / Thailand)
- SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / International)
- ENABLE (Words with Friends)
Meaning of need
1 definition found
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
need
n 1: a condition requiring relief; "she satisfied his need for
affection"; "God has no need of men to accomplish His
work"; "there is a demand for jobs" [syn: {need}, {demand}]
2: anything that is necessary but lacking; "he had sufficient
means to meet his simple needs"; "I tried to supply his
wants" [syn: {need}, {want}]
3: the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action
toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which
gives purpose and direction to behavior; "we did not
understand his motivation"; "he acted with the best of
motives" [syn: {motivation}, {motive}, {need}]
4: a state of extreme poverty or destitution; "their indigence
appalled him"; "a general state of need exists among the
homeless" [syn: {indigence}, {need}, {penury}, {pauperism},
{pauperization}]
v 1: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do
what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This
job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position
demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls
for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not
postulate a patient's consent" [syn: {necessitate}, {ask},
{postulate}, {need}, {require}, {take}, {involve}, {call
for}, {demand}] [ant: {eliminate}, {obviate}, {rid of}]
2: have need of; "This piano wants the attention of a competent
tuner" [syn: {want}, {need}, {require}]
3: have or feel a need for; "always needing friends and money"
WordNet ® Princeton University. http://wordnet.princeton.edu
Use this Scrabble® dictionary checker tool to find out whether a word is acceptable in your scrabble dictionary. When you enter a word and click on Check Dictionary button, it simply tells you whether it's valid or not, and list out the dictionaries in case of valid word. Additionally, you can also read the meaning if you want to know more about a particular word.
Back to Scrabble Word Finder