side
side is a valid 4-letter word worth 5 points in Scrabble and 5 points in Words with Friends.
What does side mean?
An opinion that is held in opposition to another in an argument or dispute.
“there are two sides to every question”
A place within a region identified relative to a center or reference location.
“they always sat on the right side of the church”
“he never left my side”
Either the left or right half of a body.
“he had a pain in his side”
One of two or more contesting groups.
“the Confederate side was prepared to attack”
An elevated geological formation.
“the house was built on the side of a mountain”
A surface forming part of the outside of an object.
“he examined all sides of the crystal”
(sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.
A lengthwise dressed half of an animal's carcass used for food.
A family line of descent.
“he gets his brains from his father's side”
A line segment forming part of the perimeter of a plane figure.
“the hypotenuse of a right triangle is always the longest side”
An aspect of something (as contrasted with some other implied aspect).
“he was on the heavy side”
“he is on the purchasing side of the business”
An extended outer surface of an object.
“he turned the box over to examine the bottom side”
“they painted all four sides of the house”
Located on a side.
“side fences”
“the side porch”
Take sides for or against.