scribe

scribe is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. One who writes; a draughtsman; a writer for another; especially, an offical or public writer; an amanuensis or secretary; a notary; a copyist.
2. noun. A writer and doctor of the law; one skilled in the law and traditions; one who read and explained the law to the people.
3. transitive verb. To write, engrave, or mark upon; to inscribe.
4. transitive verb. To cut (anything) in such a way as to fit closely to a somewhat irregular surface, as a baseboard to a floor which is out of level, a board to the curves of a molding, or the like; -- so called because the workman marks, or scribe, with the compasses the line that he afterwards cuts.
5. transitive verb. To score or mark with compasses or a scribing iron.
6. intransitive verb. To make a mark.
7. noun. a sharp-pointed awl for marking wood or metal to be cut

   Synonyms: scriber

8. noun. someone employed to make written copies of documents and manuscripts

   Synonyms: copyist, scrivener

9. noun. informal terms for journalists

   Synonyms: penman, scribbler

10. noun. French playwright (1791-1861)
11. verb. score a line on with a pointed instrument, as in metalworking

Synonyms

scriber, copyist, scrivener, penman, scribbler

Common word forms

scribed, scriber, scribes, scribing

Words from these letters

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