search
search is a valid 6-letter word worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
What does search mean?
Inquire into.
“the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project”
“He searched for information on his relatives on the web”
Search or seek.
Try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.
“The police are searching for clues”
“They are searching for the missing man in the entire county”
Subject to a search.
“The police searched the suspect”
“We searched the whole house for the missing keys”
An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property.
The activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone.
An investigation seeking answers.
“a thorough search of the ledgers revealed nothing”
“the outcome justified the search”
Boarding and inspecting a ship on the high seas.
“right of search”
The examination of alternative hypotheses.
“his search for a move that would avoid checkmate was unsuccessful”