degree
degree is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does degree mean?
A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.
“a remarkable degree of frankness”
A measure for arcs and angles.
“there are 360 degrees in a circle”
An award conferred by a college or university signifying that the recipient has satisfactorily completed a course of study.
“he earned his degree at Princeton summa cum laude”
A position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality.
“it is all a matter of degree”
A unit of temperature on a specified scale.
“the game was played in spite of the 40-degree temperature”
The highest power of a term or variable.
The seriousness of something (e.g., a burn or crime).
“murder in the second degree”
“a second degree burn”