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prize

/ˈpɹaɪ̯z/
nounverbadjective

That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

NWL Collins ENABLE Wordle answer list

Noun 4 meanings

  1. That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.

  2. Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.

  3. An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.

  4. That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.

Verb 2 meanings

  1. To consider highly valuable; to esteem.

  2. To move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.

Adjective 2 meanings

  1. Having won a prize; award-winning.

    “a prize vegetable”

  2. First-rate; exceptional.

    “He was a prize fool.”

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English prise, from Old French prise (“a taking, capture, a seizure, a thing seized, a prize, booty, also hold, purchase”), past participle of prendre (“to take, to capture”), from Latin prēndere (“to take, seize”); see prehend.

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prisehonorregardrespectesteemidolizehallowrate

PRIZE at a glance

PRIZE has 5 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + I 1 + Z 10 + E 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,493 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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