Scrabble & Words with friends points
- search is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 11
- search is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 11
- search is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 11
Definition of search
- inquire into (verb)
Examples
- the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project
- He searched for information on his relatives on the web
Synonyms
- explore
- research
- an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property (noun)
Synonyms
- lookup
- the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone (noun)
Synonyms
- hunt
- hunting
- search or seek (verb)
Synonyms
- look
- try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of (verb)
Examples
- The police are searching for clues
- They are searching for the missing man in the entire county
Synonyms
- look for
- seek
- an investigation seeking answers (noun)
Examples
- a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing
- the outcome justified the search
- boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas (noun)
Examples
- right of search
- subject to a search (verb)
Examples
- The police searched the suspect
- We searched the whole house for the missing keys
- the examination of alternative hypotheses (noun)
Examples
- his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful
See definition of search in Merriam Webster