scare quote
NOUN
11 LETTERS · STARTS WITH S
scare quote is a valid 11-letter word worth 21 points in Scrabble and 23 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1C3A1R1E1Q10U1O1T1E1
1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 0 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =21 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 42TRIPLE WORD → 63
MEANING
What does scare quote mean?
NOUN · 1 SENSE
1
The use of quotation marks to indicate that it is not the authors preferred terminology.
BROADER