Is OUT a Scrabble word?
Yes. OUT is a valid Scrabble word in both tournament lists, NWL2023 and Collins, and in ENABLE. It scores 3 points in Scrabble and 4 in Words With Friends.
Meaning Away from the inside or centre.
Adverb 4 meanings
Away from the inside or centre.
“The magician tapped the hat, and a rabbit jumped out.”
Away from, or at a distance from, some point of reference or focus.
“Once they had landed, the commandos quickly spread out along the beach.”
Away, or at a distance, in time (relative to, and usually before, a stated event, or into the future) (often preceded by a stated time period and followed by "from" or "to")
“Five weeks out from the passage of the law, something has to change.”
Outside; not indoors.
“Last night we slept out under the stars.”
Preposition 1 meaning
From the inside to the outside of; out of.
“throw it out the window; get it out your mind”
Noun 4 meanings
A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
“They wrote the law to give those organizations an out.”
A state in which a member of the batting team is removed from play due to the application of various rules of the game such as striking out, hitting a fly ball which is caught by the fielding team before bouncing, etc.
A dismissal; a state in which a member of the batting team finishes his turn at bat, due to the application of various rules of the game, such as the bowler knocking over the batsman's wicket with the ball.
A card which can make a hand a winner.
Verb 4 meanings
To eject; to expel.
To come or go out; to get out or away; to become public, revealed, or apparent.
To reveal (a person or organization) as having a certain secret, such as a being a secret agent or undercover detective.
“2009 March 16, Maurna Desmond, "AIG Outs Counterparties" (online news article), Forbes.com.”
To reveal (a secret).
“A Brazilian company outed the new mobile phone design.”
Adjective 4 meanings
Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside
“I worked away cleaning the U-bend until all the gunge was out.”
Not inside or within a place, especially a place that someone or something was formerly inside or is customarily inside:
“I'm sorry, Mr Smith is out at the moment.”
Not (or no longer) acceptable or in consideration, play, availability, or operation:
“He bowls, Johnson pokes at it ... and ... Johnson is out! Caught behind by Ponsonby!”
Open or public (about something).
“It's no big deal to be out in the entertainment business.”
Interjection 2 meanings
A radio procedure word meaning that the station is finished with its transmission and does not expect a response.
“Destruction. Two T-72s destroyed. Three foot mobiles down. Out.”
Get out; begone; away!
Etymology
From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).
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OUT at a glance
OUT has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (O 1 + U 1 + T 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #45 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins (older SOWPODS edition).
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