Scrabble and Words with Friends

• AWAY is a valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• AWAY is a valid Words with Friends word worth 9 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• AWAY is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, a, w, y.

Definitions

• away

  adjective used of an opponent's ground
  an away game

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• away

  adverb from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)
  ran away from the lion
  wanted to get away from there
  sent the children away to boarding school
  the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal

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• away

  adverb from one's possession
  gave away the tickets

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• away

  adverb out of the way (especially away from one's thoughts)
  pushed all doubts away

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• away

  adverb out of existence
  the music faded away
  tried to explain away the affair of the letter
  idled the hours away
  her fingernails were worn away

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• away

  adverb at a distance in space or time
  the boat was 5 miles off (or away)
  the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)
  away back in the 18th century

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• away

  adverb indicating continuing action; continuously or steadily
  he worked away at the project for more than a year
  the child kept hammering away as if his life depended on it

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• away

  adverb so as to be removed or gotten rid of
  cleared the mess away
  the rotted wood had to be cut away

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• away

  adverb freely or at will
  fire away!

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• away

  adverb in or into a proper place (especially for storage or safekeeping)
  put the toys away
  her jewels are locked away in a safe
  filed the letter away

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• away

  adverb in a different direction
  turn away one's face
  glanced away

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• away

  adverb in reserve; not for immediate use
  has a nest egg tucked away for a rainy day

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• away

  adjective satellite not present; having left
  he's away right now
  you must not allow a stranger into the house when your mother is away

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• away

  adjective satellite (of a baseball pitch) on the far side of home plate from the batter
  the pitch was away (or wide)

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• Lookup AWAY using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'away'

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