key
key is a valid 3-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
What does key mean?
A coral reef off the southern coast of Florida.
A generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access.
“a safe-deposit box usually requires two keys to open it”
A kilogram of a narcotic drug.
“they were carrying two keys of heroin”
A lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed.
A list of answers to a test.
“some students had stolen the key to the final exam”
A list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations.
Metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated.
Pitch of the voice.
“he spoke in a low key”
Something crucial for explaining.
“the key to development is economic integration”
(basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court.
“he hit a jump shot from the top of the key”
Any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music.
United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843).
Mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock).
The central building block at the top of an arch or vault.
A winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple.
Harmonize with or adjust to.
“key one's actions to the voters' prevailing attitude”
Provide with a key.
“We were keyed after the locks were changed in the building”
Regulate the musical pitch of.
Identify as in botany or biology, for example.
Vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key.
“His new Mercedes was keyed last night in the parking lot”
Serving as an essential component.