scrutiny

scrutiny is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 15 · 7 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation.
2. noun. An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
3. noun. A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
4. noun. An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
5. transitive verb. To scrutinize.
6. noun. the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

   Synonyms: examination

7. noun. a prolonged intense look

Synonyms

examination

Common word forms

scrutinies

Words from these letters

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