Scrabble and Words with Friends

• FLOAT is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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

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• FLOAT is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, f, l, o, t.

Definitions

• float

  noun the time interval between the deposit of a check in a bank and its payment

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• float

  noun the number of shares outstanding and available for trading by the public

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• float

  noun a drink with ice cream floating in it

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• float

  noun an elaborate display mounted on a platform carried by a truck (or pulled by a truck) in a procession or parade

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• float

  noun a hand tool with a flat face used for smoothing and finishing the surface of plaster or cement or stucco

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• float

  noun something that floats on the surface of water

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• float

  noun an air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

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• float

  verb be in motion due to some air or water current

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• float

  verb be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

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• float

  verb set afloat
  He floated the logs down the river
  The boy floated his toy boat on the pond

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• float

  verb circulate or discuss tentatively; test the waters with
  The Republicans are floating the idea of a tax reform

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• float

  verb move lightly, as if suspended
  The dancer floated across the stage

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• float

  verb put into the water
  float a ship

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• float

  verb make the surface of level or smooth
  float the plaster

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• float

  verb allow (currencies) to fluctuate
  The government floated the ruble for a few months

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• float

  verb convert from a fixed point notation to a floating point notation
  float data

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• Lookup FLOAT using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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