Definitions For Straight

noun

  • A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
  • A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
  • A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

adjective

  • In keeping with the facts
  • Successive (without a break)
  • Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
  • Following a correct or logical method
  • (of an alcoholic drink) without water
  • Without evasion or compromise
  • Accurately fitted; level
  • Not homosexual
  • Erect in posture
  • Neatly arranged; not disorderly

adjective

  • (of hair) having no waves or curls
  • Having no deviations
  • Free from curves or angles
  • No longer coiled
  • Characterized by honesty and fairness

adverb

  • Without deviation
  • In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly
  • In a straight line; in a direct course

verb

  • In a straight or direct way
  • In or into a vertical position
  • Without any delay : directly or immediately
  • A straight part of a racecourse
  • A hand of playing cards in poker that contains five cards in sequence (such as a five, a six, a seven, an eight, and a nine)

Is Straight a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
12

The word Straight is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Straight in a Sentence

  • She has long, straight hair.
  • The flagpole is perfectly straight.
  • The picture isn't quite straight.
  • She walked straight up to him and slapped him in the face.
  • The tunnel goes straight through the mountain.
  • The library is straight ahead.

Synonyms for Straight

Antonyms for Straight

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