get

VERBNOUN /ɡɛt/
3 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH G

get is a valid 3-letter word worth 4 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
G2E1T1
2 + 1 + 1 =4 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 8TRIPLE WORD → 12
MEANING

What does get mean?

VERB · 29 SENSES
1

Reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot.

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BROADER
2

Receive as a retribution or punishment.

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3

Take vengeance on or get even.

“We'll get them!”

4

Achieve a point or goal.

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5

Move into a desired direction of discourse.

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BROADER
6

Go through (mental or physical states or experiences).

“get an idea”

“get nauseous”

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7

Irritate.

“Her childish behavior really get to me”

“His lying really gets me”

8

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action.

“Let's get down to work now”

9

Succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase.

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10

Apprehend and reproduce accurately.

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BROADER
11

Enter or assume a certain state or condition.

“It must be getting more serious”

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12

Come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes).

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RELATED
13

Attract and fix.

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14

Receive a specified treatment (abstract).

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NARROWER
15

Earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher.

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16

Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.

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NARROWER
17

Cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition.

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18

Come into the possession of something concrete or abstract.

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RELATED
19

Cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner.

20

Reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress.

“She didn't get to Chicago until after midnight”

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21

Go or come after and bring or take back.

22

Grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of.

“did you get it?”

“She didn't get the joke”

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BROADER
23

Leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form.

24

Acquire as a result of some effort or action.

“You cannot get water out of a stone”

“Where did she get these news?”

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25

Communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone.

“The operator couldn't get Kobe because of the earthquake”

26

Evoke an emotional response.

“Brahms's `Requiem' gets me every time”

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27

Overcome or destroy.

28

Purchase.

“What did you get at the toy store?”

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29

Reach and board.

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NOUN · 1 SENSE
1

A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent.

BROADER
AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of get

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