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Is true a Scrabble word?

Yes, true is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of true?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.Examples: "This is a true story."; "The humor of my proposition appealed more strongly to Miss Trevor than I had looked for, and from that time forward she became her old self again;[…]. Now she had come to look upon the matter in its true proportions, and her anticipation of a possible chance of teaching him a lesson was a pleasure to behold."; "The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad."

2. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.Examples: "True, I have only read part of the book, but I like it so far."

3. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.Examples: ""A and B" is true if and only if "A" is true and "B" is true."

4. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.Examples: "true sparrows (Passer)"; "true spiders"; "true blusher (Amanita rubescens, as distinguished from the false blusher, Amanita pantherina)"

5. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.Examples: "Whate'er the weapon, still his aim was true, Nor e'er in vain the fatal bullet flew."; "I held my breath and struck the ball. My aim was true, but I didn't give the damn thing enough gas. It died three feet from the cup."usually

6. (of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.Examples: "Is my bike wheel true? It feels unsteady."; "Brakes need good braking surfaces and true wheels to work properly."

adv (English)

1. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately; in alignment.Examples: "This gun shoots true."; "If the tyre doesn't run true (it wobbles as you spin the wheel), re-seat it by letting most of the air out and pulling the tyre away from the bead."; "Plant breeding is always a numbers game.[…]The wild species we use are rich in genetic variation, and individual plants are highly heterozygous and do not breed true. In addition, we are looking for rare alleles, so the more plants we try, the better."not-comparable

2. (archaic) Truthfully.Examples: "I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain."archaicnot-comparable

noun (English)

1. (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.Examples: "Some toolmakers are very careless when drilling the first hole through work that is to be bored, claiming that if the drilled hole comes out of true somewhat it can be brought true with the boring tool."; "She clapped her hands happily, and he thought how pretty she was really, that is, the upper part of her face—from the bridge of the nose down she was somewhat out of true."; "The crate shifted on its pallet, out of sync now. As the lift withdrew, the crate skidded with it, dragged by friction and gravity, skewing farther and farther from true."uncountable

2. (uncountable, obsolete) Truth.obsoleteuncountable

3. (countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.countableobsolete

adj (English)

1. (electronics) one of two states of a Boolean variable; logic 1.not-comparable

Definition source: Wiktionary

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

How many Scrabble points is the word "true"?

Scrabble
4 points
T1
R1
U1
E1
Words With Friends
5 points
T1
R1
U2
E1

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