Scrabble and Words with Friends

• LOOSE is a valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• LOOSE is a valid Words with Friends word worth 6 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• LOOSE is a 5 letter word containing the letters e, l, o, o, s.

Definitions

• loose

  verb grant freedom to; free from confinement

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• loose

  verb turn loose or free from restraint
  let loose mines
  Loose terrible plagues upon humanity

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• loose

  verb make loose or looser
  loosen the tension on a rope

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• loose

  verb become loose or looser or less tight
  The noose loosened

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• loose

  adjective not compact or dense in structure or arrangement
  loose gravel

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• loose

  adjective not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting
  loose clothing
  the large shoes were very loose

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• loose

  adjective not affixed
  the stamp came loose

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• loose

  adverb without restraint
  cows in India are running loose

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• loose

  adjective satellite (of a ball in sport) not in the possession or control of any player
  a loose ball

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• loose

  adjective satellite not officially recognized or controlled
  a loose organization of the local farmers

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• loose

  adjective satellite not literal
  a loose interpretation of what she had been told

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• loose

  adjective satellite emptying easily or excessively
  loose bowels

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• loose

  adjective satellite not tense or taut
  the old man's skin hung loose and grey

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• loose

  adjective satellite (of textures) full of small openings or gaps
  a loose weave

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• loose

  adjective satellite lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  a loose tongue

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• loose

  adjective satellite not carefully arranged in a package
  a box of loose nails

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• loose

  adjective satellite having escaped, especially from confinement
  dogs loose on the streets
  criminals on the loose in the neighborhood

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• loose

  adjective satellite casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior
  he was told to avoid loose (or light) women

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• Lookup LOOSE using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'loose'

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