Scrabble and Words with Friends

• ORIGINAL is a valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• ORIGINAL is a valid Words with Friends word worth 12 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• ORIGINAL is a 8 letter word containing the letters a, g, i, i, l, n, o, r.

Definitions

• original

  noun an original creation (i.e., an audio recording) from which copies can be made

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• original

  noun something that serves as a model or a basis for making copies
  this painting is a copy of the original

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• original

  adjective being or productive of something fresh and unusual; or being as first made or thought of
  a truly original approach
  with original music
  an original mind

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• original

  adjective satellite preceding all others in time or being as first made or performed
  the original inhabitants of the Americas
  the book still has its original binding
  restored the house to its original condition
  the original performance of the opera
  the original cast
  retracted his original statement

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• original

  adjective satellite (of e.g. information) not secondhand or by way of something intermediary
  his work is based on only original, not secondary, sources

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• original

  adjective satellite not derived or copied or translated from something else
  the play is original; not an adaptation
  he kept the original copy and gave her only a xerox
  the translation misses much of the subtlety of the original French

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• Lookup ORIGINAL using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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