Offsets

Scrabble:13 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Offsets

noun

  1. Anything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.

    "Today's victory was an offset to yesterday's defeat."

  2. A form of countertrade arrangement, in which the seller agrees to purchase within a set time frame products of a certain value from the buying country. This kind of agreement may be used in large international public sector contracts such as arms sales.
  3. (c. 1555) A time at which something begins; outset.
  4. The offset printing process, in which ink is carried from a metal plate to a rubber blanket and from there to the printing surface.

    "offset lithographs"

  5. The difference between a target memory address and a base address.

    "An array of bytes uses its index as the offset, of words a multiple thereof."

verb

  1. To compensate for, by applying a change in the opposite direction.

    "I'll offset the time difference locally."

  2. To form an offset in (a wall, rod, pipe, etc.).
Anagrams of Offsets

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "offsets":

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

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 "Offsets"

Offsets is a 7-letter word that scores 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "offsets" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Offsets" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "offsets" is a medium-scoring word.