tally

tally is a 5-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 8 · Words With Friends 9 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Originally, a piece of wood on which notches or scores were cut, as the marks of number; later, one of two books, sheets of paper, etc., on which corresponding accounts were kept.
2. noun. Hence, any account or score kept by notches or marks, whether on wood or paper, or in a book; especially, one kept in duplicate.
3. noun. One thing made to suit another; a match; a mate.
4. noun. A notch, mark, or score made on or in a tally; as, to make or earn a tally in a game.
5. noun. A tally shop. See Tally shop, below.
6. noun. To score with correspondent notches; hence, to make to correspond; to cause to fit or suit.
7. noun. To check off, as parcels of freight going inboard or outboard.
8. intransitive verb. To be fitted; to suit; to correspond; to match.
9. intransitive verb. To make a tally; to score; as, to tally in a game.
10. adjective. Stoutly; with spirit.
11. noun. a score in baseball made by a runner touching all four bases safely

    "the Yankees scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th"

    "their first tally came in the 3rd inning"

    Synonyms: run

12. noun. the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order

    "the counting continued for several hours"

    Synonyms: count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning

13. noun. a bill for an amount due

    Synonyms: reckoning

14. verb. determine the sum of

    "Add all the people in this town to those of the neighboring town"

    Synonyms: add, sum, summate, tot, total

15. verb. keep score, as in games
16. verb. gain points in a game

    "The home team scored many times"

    "He hit a home run"

    Synonyms: hit, score

17. verb. be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics

    "The two stories don't agree in many details"

    "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"

    Synonyms: agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match

Synonyms

run, count, counting, enumeration, numeration, reckoning, add, sum, summate, tot, total, hit, score, agree, check, correspond, fit, gibe, jibe, match

Common word forms

tallied, tallier, tallies, tallying

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