smell

NOUNVERB /smɛl/
5 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

smell is a valid 5-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
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1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does smell mean?

NOUN · 5 SENSES
2

The general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people.

“it had the smell of treason”

3

The faculty that enables us to distinguish scents.

NARROWER
4

The act of perceiving the odor of something.

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
5

The sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form.

“she loved the smell of roses”

VERB · 5 SENSES
1

Smell bad.

“He rarely washes, and he smells”

2

Have an element suggestive (of something).

“this passage smells of plagiarism”

SYNONYMS
3

Become aware of not through the senses but instinctively.

“I smell trouble”

“smell out corruption”

BROADER
4

Emit an odor.

“The soup smells good”

5

Inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense.

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