SCALE — 5 letter word
scale
The word scale has 5 letters: S, C, A, L, E. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 7 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Scale has 3 anagrams: claes, alecs, laces. As a noun, it means "a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals".
5 letter word "scale": S C A L E — noun
Scrabble score: 7 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of scale
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| L | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of scale
noun
- a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals
- a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners) Synonyms: shell, plate
- an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks
- a measuring instrument for weighing Synonyms: weighing machine
- (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) Synonyms: musical scale
- a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin Synonyms: scurf, exfoliation
- a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin Synonyms: scale leaf
- relative magnitude "they entertained on a grand scale"
- the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it "the scale of the map"
- an ordered reference standard "judging on a scale of 1 to 10" Synonyms: scale of measurement, graduated table, ordered series
verb
- size or measure according to a scale "This model must be scaled down"
- measure with or as if with scales "scale the gold"
- remove the scales from "scale fish" Synonyms: descale
- pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard
- climb up by means of a ladder
- reach the highest point of "We scaled the Mont Blanc" Synonyms: surmount
- take by attacking with scaling ladders "The troops scaled the walls of the fort"
- measure by or as if by a scale "This bike scales only 25 pounds"
Anagrams of scale(3)
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