frontier
NOUN
/frən'tir/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH F
frontier is a valid 8-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
F4R1O1N1T1I1E1R1
4 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =11 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 22TRIPLE WORD → 33
MEANING
What does frontier mean?
NOUN · 3 SENSES
1
An international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary.
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2
An undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development.
“he worked at the frontier of brain science”
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3
A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country.
“the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day”
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