square

ADJECTIVEADVERBNOUNVERB /skwɜr/
6 LETTERS · 1 SYLLABLE · STARTS WITH S

square is a valid 6-letter word worth 15 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1Q10U1A1R1E1
1 + 10 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =15 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 30TRIPLE WORD → 45
MEANING

What does square mean?

ADJECTIVE · 6 SENSES
1

Characterized by honesty and fairness.

“a square deal”

SYNONYMS
2

Having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle.

“a square peg in a round hole”

“a square corner”

ANTONYMS
RELATED
3

Leaving no balance.

“my account with you is now all square”

SIMILAR
4

Providing abundant nourishment.

“four square meals a day”

SIMILAR
5

Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.

SYNONYMS
6

Without evasion or compromise.

“a square contradiction”

SIMILAR
ADVERB · 3 SENSES
1

In a straight direct way.

“looked him squarely in the eye”

“ran square into me”

SYNONYMS
2

In a square shape.

“a squarely cut piece of paper”

“folded the sheet of paper square”

SYNONYMS
3

Firmly and solidly.

“hit the ball squarely”

“the bat met the ball squarely”

SYNONYMS
NOUN · 8 SENSES
1

Someone who doesn't understand what is going on.

SYNONYMS
2

An open area at the meeting of two or more streets.

3

A hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles.

“the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square”

BROADER
4

Any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles.

“a checkerboard has 64 squares”

5

A formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views.

SYNONYMS
6

Something approximating the shape of a square.

BROADER
7

The product of two equal terms.

“gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance”

SYNONYMS
BROADER
8

(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon.

“you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides”

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
VERB · 8 SENSES
1

Turn the paddle; in canoeing.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
2

Turn the oar, while rowing.

SYNONYMS
BROADER
3

Be compatible with.

“one idea squares with another”

4

Cause to match, as of ideas or acts.

5

Pay someone and settle a debt.

“I squared with him”

BROADER
6

Position so as to be square.

“He squared his shoulders”

BROADER
7

Raise to the second power.

BROADER
8

Make square.

“square the wood with a file”

SYNONYMS
BROADER