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Is scout a Scrabble word?

Yes, scout is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 7 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of scout?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (Oxford University, modern) A housekeeper or domestic cleaner, generally female, employed by one of the constituent colleges of Oxford University to clean rooms; generally equivalent to a modern bedder at Cambridge University.modern

2. (Oxford University, Harvard University, Yale University, historical) A domestic servant, generally male, who would attend (usually several) students in a variety of ways, including cleaning; generally equivalent to a gyp at Cambridge University or a skip at Trinity College, Dublin.Examples: "He has also been good enough to recommend to me many tradesmen who are ready to supply these articles in any quantities; each of whom has been here already a dozen times, cap in hand, and vowing that it is quite immaterial when I pay—which is very kind of them; but, with the highest respect for friend Perkins (my scout) and his obliging friends, I shall make some enquiries before "letting in" with any of them."historical

3. (UK, cricket) A fielder in a game for practice.UK

4. (historical, UK, up until 1920s) A fighter aircraft.UKhistorical

5. (radiography) A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.Examples: "A scout topogram is initially performed during continuous table motion, generating an anatomic overview image similar to a conventional radiograph at the locked projection."; "It consisted of injecting an iodinated contrast agent while a breast was compressed in one projection after a scout film, taking several sequential films, and subtracting them from the scout film."; "Because of this FOV limitation, several institutions use a weight cutoff or a scout radiograph lateral diameter cutoff, though the exact cutoff threshold varies from institution to institution."

6. (informal) A term of address for a man or boy.Examples: ""Listen, old scout," Mr. Osborn said solemnly, "you think New York is heartless, but that's not what it is.""informal

verb (English)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To explore a wide terrain, as if on a search.Examples: "An hundred horeſmen of my companie Scowting abroad vpon theſe champion plaines, Haue view’d the army of the Scythians, Which make report it far exceeds the Kings."Synonyms: survey, reconnoiterintransitivetransitive

2. (transitive) To observe, watch, or look for, as a scout; to follow for the purpose of observation, as a scout.Examples: "Take more men, and scout him round."transitive

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To reject with contempt.Examples: "to scout an idea or an apology"; "Flout 'em and scout 'em; and scout 'em and flout 'em: / Thought is free."; "I don't think I had any definite idea where Dora came from, or in what degree she was related to a higher order of beings; but I am quite sure I should have scouted the notion of her being simply human, like any other young lady, with indignation and contempt."transitive

2. (transitive) To reject the ideas or beliefs of (a person).Examples: "Two months ago I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like."transitive

3. (intransitive) To scoff.Examples: "So ignorant are most landsmen of some of the plainest and most palpable wonders of the world, that without some hints touching the plain facts, historical and otherwise, of the fishery, they might scout at Moby Dick as a monstrous fable, or still worse and more detestable, a hideous and intolerable allegory."intransitive

noun (English)

1. (dated) A swift sailing boat.Examples: "So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers."dated

verb (English)

1. (Scotland) To pour forth a liquid forcibly, especially excrement; to cause a liquid to gush.Scotland

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "scout"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "scout"?

Scrabble
7 points
S1
C3
O1
U1
T1
Words With Friends
9 points
S1
C4
O1
U2
T1

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