Definition of straighten

"straighten" in the verb sense

1. straighten, unbend

straighten up or out make straight

2. straighten, straighten out

make straight

3. straighten

get up from a sitting or slouching position

"The students straightened when the teacher entered"

4. tidy, tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away

put (things or places) in order

"Tidy up your room!"

5. roll out, straighten

straighten by unrolling

"roll out the big map"

6. straighten

make straight or straighter

"Straighten this post"

"straighten hair"

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straighten in Scrabble®

The word straighten is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters straighten:

STRAIGHTEN
(162)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (74 words)

aigrets, anthers, antsier, argents, arshine, artiest, atheist, attires, erasing, gainers, gaiters, garnets, garnish, gastrin, gathers, gnasher, granite, hairnet, hangers, hastier, hatters, hatting, hearing, heating, hernias, hitters, ingrate, instate, iratest, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratings, ratting, rattish, regains, rehangs, resight, restain, resting, retains, retinas, retints, searing, seating, setting, sharing, shatter, sighter, stagier, stainer, staring, stating, stinger, straint, strange, striate, tangier, targets, tarnish, tartish, tastier, tasting, tearing, teasing, testing, threats, tighten, tighter, tinters, tithers, transit, triages

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word straighten

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In straighten

STRAIGHTEN
(162)
STRAIGHTEN
(135)
STRAIGHTEN
(108)
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straighten in Words With Friends™

The word straighten is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 15

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters straighten:

STRAIGHTEN
(207)
STRAIGHTEN
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (74 words)

aigrets, anthers, antsier, argents, arshine, artiest, atheist, attires, erasing, gainers, gaiters, garnets, garnish, gastrin, gathers, gnasher, granite, hairnet, hangers, hastier, hatters, hatting, hearing, heating, hernias, hitters, ingrate, instate, iratest, nastier, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratings, ratting, rattish, regains, rehangs, resight, restain, resting, retains, retinas, retints, searing, seating, setting, sharing, shatter, sighter, stagier, stainer, staring, stating, stinger, straint, strange, striate, tangier, targets, tarnish, tartish, tastier, tasting, tearing, teasing, testing, threats, tighten, tighter, tinters, tithers, transit, triages

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word straighten

STRAIGHTEN
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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In straighten

STRAIGHTEN
(207)
STRAIGHTEN
(207)
STRAIGHTEN
(126)
STRAIGHTEN
(102)
HANGERS
(101 = 66 + 35)
SHARING
(95 = 60 + 35)
GARNISH
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Words within the letters of straighten

2 letter words in straighten (17 words)

9 letter words in straighten (4 words)

10 letter words in straighten (Anagrams) (2 words)

straighten + 1 blank (3 words)

Words containing the sequence straighten

Words that end with straighten (4 words)

Word Growth involving straighten

Shorter words in straighten

ai straight

en ten

Longer words containing straighten

overstraighten

restraighten restraightened

restraighten restraightening

restraighten restraightens

straightened restraightened

straightened unstraightened

straightener straighteners

straightening restraightening

straightening unstraightening

straightens restraightens

straightens unstraightens

unstraighten unstraightenable

unstraighten unstraightened

unstraighten unstraightening

unstraighten unstraightens