Acquire is valid Scrabble Word

Is acquire a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is acquire valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

7 letters word
18 points in Scrabble
20 points in WWF

Definitions for ACQUIRE in dictionary:

VERB:

to come into possession of
buy or obtain (an asset or object) for oneself
learn or develop (a skill, habit, or quality)
gain, get
To gain, usually by one\'s own exertions; to get as one\'s own; as, to acquire a title, riches, knowledge, skill, good or bad habits.
come into the possession of something concrete or abstract
take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect
come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)
locate (a moving entity) by means of a tracking system such as radar
win something through one\'s efforts

gain knowledge or skills
gain through experience
come to have (a particular reputation) as a result of one's behaviour or activities

Words related to ACQUIRE

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Words that contain ACQUIRE

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How to use ACQUIRE in a sentence

It was at a time when the younger generation was beginning to acquire a thirst for knowledge, but it was not easily obtained under the peculiar conditions existing at that period.
If they could do that they would have Home Rule not in a year but in a day, and India by realising that ideal wants to acquire an ascendancy over the rest of the world.
The Negro tenant then began the year with three mortgages, covering all he owned, his labor for the coming year and all he expected to acquire during that twelvemonth.
The editor conceded that they had an opportunity to better their material condition and acquire wealth here but contended that they had no chance to rise out of the peasant class.
I shall first discuss the laws of inheritance as affecting women, in order to note what property she was allowed to acquire.
They never seem to tire of the sport, and acquire amazing dexterity at it.
One of the first questions that then occurred was, what shall I do with the knowledge I have been so eager to acquire? I had no inclination to turn informer.
This represents in itself a considerable advantage, but does not release us from the obligation to acquire land for actual colonization.
In order to acquire warmth they seem to themselves to cut wood, and while cutting, under the wood appears something of a man, whom at the same time they try to strike.
It was his turn to acquire, and he had every intention of doing so.

Many a master helped his former slaves to acquire small holdings by offering easy terms.
I have acquired some little by my toils, and can acquire more.
The position of goal tender is the most difficult to acquire skill in.
He knew also that Lawrence somewhere in the depths of his slow brain had a thirst for knowledge and at the same time a certain assurance that he would never acquire any.
He wants to acquire a good knowledge of the principles involved.
He had regarded that as an accomplishment that was well enough for girls to acquire, but one quite beneath the notice of a man.
The subtler point is that they can never acquire the habit of sacrificing sleep.
And all officers were obliged to be grateful for the opportunity to acquire goods at prices fifty per cent higher than would have been charged to civilians.
He could thus acquire either two sons of reasonable influence, or one who exercised almost unlimited authority.
Between the ages of fifteen and twenty he made a vigorous effort to acquire such an education as would fit him for these duties.
You see, my relatives would then acquire a right over me.
All we need is will power, and that is a personal matter for each individual to seek and acquire for himself.
Contending for an imaginary power, we begin to acquire the spirit of domination, and to lose the relish of honest equality.
He did not like to change a hand position to which the player has grown accustomed for one which seems unnatural, and which the pianist has to work a long time to acquire.
In these cases the females often acquire more bright and varied colours than the male.
That the young should ape the old, should seek to acquire the gravity of demeanor, to restrain the quick impulse, is not of advantage.
When bacteria are caused to grow in a new environment they may acquire new characteristics.
Upon his death Wallace determined to acquire a practical knowledge of the methods of American farming, and this was the way in which he went about it.
Political offenders who have undergone a sentence of penal servitude, and who may be men of the highest character, acquire the prison look and never altogether get rid of it.
He was an older man than Agricola, but was not ashamed to learn of him when an opportunity offered to acquire Greek.
Words have a history of their own, and often acquire associations independent of their meaning.

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