key

key is a valid 3-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does key mean?

  • noun

    a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida

  • noun

    a generic term for any device whose possession entitles the holder to a means of access

  • noun

    a kilogram of a narcotic drug

  • noun

    a lever (as in a keyboard) that actuates a mechanism when depressed

  • noun

    a list of answers to a test

  • noun

    a list of words or phrases that explain symbols or abbreviations

  • verb

    harmonize with or adjust to

  • noun

    metal device shaped in such a way that when it is inserted into the appropriate lock the lock's mechanism can be rotated

  • noun

    pitch of the voice

  • verb

    provide with a key

  • verb

    regulate the musical pitch of

  • verb

    identify as in botany or biology, for example

  • noun

    something crucial for explaining

  • verb

    vandalize a car by scratching the sides with a key

  • noun

    (basketball) a space (including the foul line) in front of the basket at each end of a basketball court; usually painted a different color from the rest of the court

  • noun

    any of 24 major or minor diatonic scales that provide the tonal framework for a piece of music

  • noun

    United States lawyer and poet who wrote a poem after witnessing the British attack on Baltimore during the War of 1812; the poem was later set to music and entitled `The Star-Spangled Banner' (1779-1843)

  • noun

    mechanical device used to wind another device that is driven by a spring (as a clock)

  • noun

    the central building block at the top of an arch or vault

  • adjective

    serving as an essential component

  • noun

    a winged often one-seed indehiscent fruit as of the ash or elm or maple

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