Wedges
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:12 pts6 letters
Definition of Wedges
noun
- One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.
"Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut."
- A piece (of food, metal, wood etc.) having this shape.
"Can you cut me a wedge of cheese?"
- A five-sided polyhedron with a rectangular base, two rectangular or trapezoidal sides meeting in an edge, and two triangular ends.
- Something that creates a division, gap or distance between things.
- A flank of cavalry acting to split some portion of an opposing army, charging in an inverted V formation.
verb
- To support or secure using a wedge.
"I wedged open the window with a screwdriver."
- To force into a narrow gap.
"He had wedged the package between the wall and the back of the sofa."
- To work wet clay by cutting or kneading for the purpose of homogenizing the mass and expelling air bubbles.
- Of a computer program or system: to get stuck in an unresponsive state.
"My Linux kernel wedged after I installed the latest update."
- To cleave with a wedge.
Anagrams of Wedges
No exact anagrams found for "wedges". This word has a unique letter combination.
Related Word Patterns
Synonyms & Antonyms
SYNONYMS
Letter Values
w4
e1
d2
g2
e1
s1
Total: 11 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Wedges
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
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 "Wedges"
Wedges is a 6-letter word that scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Wedges" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "wedges" is a medium-scoring word.