Appropriate
verb
- To make suitable; to suit.
- To take to oneself; to claim or use, especially as by an exclusive right.
"Let no man appropriate the use of a common benefit."
- To set apart for, or assign to, a particular person or use, especially in exclusion of all others; with to or for.
"A spot of ground is appropriated for a garden."
- To annex (for example a benefice, to a spiritual corporation, as its property).
adjective
- Suitable or fit; proper.
"The headmaster wondered what an appropriate measure would be to make the pupil behave better."
- Suitable to the social situation or to social respect or social discreetness; socially correct; socially discreet; well-mannered; proper.
"I don't think it was appropriate for the cashier to tell me out loud in front of all those people at the check-out that my hair-piece looked like it was falling out of place."
- Set apart for a particular use or person; reserved.
No exact anagrams found for "appropriate". This word has a unique letter combination.
+1 Letter Anagrams
Words formed by adding one letter to "appropriate" and rearranging:
Total: 17 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Appropriate"
Appropriate is a 11-letter word that scores 17 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Appropriate" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "appropriate" is a high-scoring word.