remain
VERB
/rɪ'meɪn/
6 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
remain is a valid 6-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1M3A1I1N1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does remain mean?
VERB · 4 SENSES
1
Stay the same; remain in a certain state.
“The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it”
“He remained unmoved by her tears”
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2
Continue in a place, position, or situation.
“despite student protests, he remained Dean for another year”
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3
Stay behind.
“The hostility remained long after they made up”
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4
Be left; of persons, questions, problems, results, evidence, etc.
“There remains the question of who pulled the trigger”
“Carter remains the only President in recent history under whose Presidency the U.S. did not fight a war”
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