remainder
NOUNVERB
/rɪ'meɪndər/
9 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
remainder is a valid 9-letter word worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1M3A1I1N1D2E1R1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 =12 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 24TRIPLE WORD → 36
MEANING
What does remainder mean?
NOUN · 4 SENSES
1
A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
2
Something left after other parts have been taken away.
“there was no remainder”
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
RELATED
3
The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.
SYNONYMS
BROADER
NARROWER
4
The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
BROADER
VERB · 1 SENSE
1
Sell cheaply as remainders.
“The publisher remaindered the books”
BROADER