character

NOUNVERB /kærɪktər/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH C

character is a valid 9-letter word worth 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
C3H4A1R1A1C3T1E1R1
3 + 4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =16 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 32TRIPLE WORD → 48
MEANING

What does character mean?

NOUN · 9 SENSES
1

A formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability.

“requests for character references are all too often answered evasively”

2

Good repute.

“he is a man of character”

3

A person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities).

“a real character”

“a strange character”

4

The inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions.

“education has for its object the formation of character”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
5

An imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story).

“she is the main character in the novel”

6

A written symbol that is used to represent speech.

“the Greek alphabet has 24 characters”

7

A characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something.

“the radical character of our demands”

NARROWER
9

(genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes.

BROADER
VERB · 1 SENSE
1

Engrave or inscribe characters on.