Gain is valid Scrabble Word

Is gain a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
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4 letters word
5 points in Scrabble
7 points in WWF

Definitions for GAIN in dictionary:

VERB:

to acquire
obtain or secure (something wanted or desirable)
benefit
reach or arrive at (a destination)
come closer to (a person or thing pursued)
increase the amount or rate of (something, typically weight or speed)
increase in value
improve or advance in (some respect)
(of a clock or watch) become fast by (a specific amount of time)
acquire or obtain

That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.
win something through one\'s efforts
derive a benefit from
reach a destination, either real or abstract
obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
rise in rate or price
increase or develop
earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages
increase (one\'s body weight)
win over to one's interest or views

NOUN:

an increase in wealth or resources
a thing that is achieved or acquired
the factor by which power or voltage is increased in an amplifier or other electronic device, usually expressed as a logarithm
A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
To draw into any interest or party; to win to one\'s side; to conciliate.
To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
a quantity that is added
the advantageous quality of being beneficial
the amount of increase in signal power or voltage or current expressed as the ratio of output to input
the amount by which the revenue of a business exceeds its cost of operating
profit or advantage

ADJECTIVE:

near, convenient
Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
straight or near

Words related to GAIN

gainable11 gained8 gainer7 gainest8 gaining9 gainless9 gainlessness13 gainlessnesses15 gains6

How to use GAIN in a sentence

Several of the Belgian nobility went forward to meet Alva, to render him the accustomed honors, and endeavor thus early to gain his good graces.
On the other hand, works of which the value lies in their beauty gain by repetition, as they are then more and more understood.
When a woman fails to gain her object she is apt to take refuge in tears, which are generally enough to force a mere man to bend to her wishes.
It had not occurred to her to try to gain possession of the child.
Then came to each the simultaneous realization that neither could gain anything by giving the other away, and that the only thing possible for either was to stand pat.
Next he remembered that the provinces of Venetia, Trentino, and Istria still belonged to Austria, as the Italians had failed to gain them in the war of 1859.
The English never before or afterward, whether in France or Scotland, lost so dreadful a battle as that of Bannockburn, nor did the Scots ever gain one of the same importance.
I could only see the tip, and the only thing that I could gain from that was to feel more certain than before that I had scarlet fever.
Upon every supposition, it was my business to gain information.
A man who followed a course by which he had nothing to gain and everything to lose was either a fool or was actuated by some profound unselfishness.

We gain confidence in respect to any method which we are using as soon as we believe that it has theory as well as practice at its back.
Yet I can feel, I rejoice to say, an inward spring which seems more and more to gain strength and to promise to resist outward shocks, if they must come, however rough.
Some good solution will be necessary against red spider if through starvation in a dry situation it has been permitted to gain a footing.
Where then is the gain to either party, which makes it a public blessing? There is no change in the state of things, but of persons only.
These carried us before the bay, where we got a breeze from the land, and attempted in vain to work in to gain the anchoring-place.
That there has been a gain in vitality in the younger age groups is unquestionably true, but this gain has served to mask a loss in vitality at the older age periods.
Truly, I fear they will lose in valor what they may gain in discretion.
During her stay in Vorden she made a distinct gain in the attainment of an individual style of painting.
We have let it be known that we were in insufficient strength here and the Austrians evidently hope, by a quick drive, to gain a foothold on Italian soil.
I leave that task to others whose time is less valuable than mine and who have something to gain by getting into the public eye.
The Norsemen strove to gain possession of his armour, and piece by piece they carried it away.
What he hoped to gain by his retreat was, however, not merely the security of the north.
My good master, Captain Minner, sent me to Providence, in Rhode Island, to stay a year and a day, in order to gain my residence.
The motive of the attack was not mere lust of conquest, but rather the desire of gain.
If wealth and gain were the criterion, then the praise or blame of the lover of gain would surely be the most trustworthy? Assuredly.
Last summer I gave to all over ten years of age a nickel, and those under ten a penny to see how much they could gain.
This means that he must keep a week ahead in his preparation, which is in the end no loss, but even a gain.
To gain a fair idea of the popularity of the library one should spend a mid-winter Saturday afternoon and evening with the librarian and his busy assistants.
Utterly fruitless were all the means used by Claire to gain intelligence of the missing child.

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