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