Scaled
/skeɪld/
verb
- To change the size of something whilst maintaining proportion; especially to change a process in order to produce much larger amounts of the final product.
"We should scale that up by a factor of 10."
- To climb to the top of.
"Hilary and Norgay were the first known to have scaled Everest."
- To tolerate significant increases in throughput or other potentially limiting factors.
"That architecture won't scale to real-world environments."
- To weigh, measure or grade according to a scale or system.
verb
- To remove the scales of.
"Please scale that fish for dinner."
- To become scaly; to produce or develop scales.
"The dry weather is making my skin scale."
- To strip or clear of scale; to descale.
"to scale the inside of a boiler"
- To take off in thin layers or scales, as tartar from the teeth; to pare off, as a surface.
- To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae.
"Some sandstone scales by exposure."
Total: 9 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Scaled"
Scaled is a 6-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "scaled" can be rearranged to form 2 other valid words.
Using "Scaled" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "scaled" is a low-scoring word.