| Dictionary | Name | Region | Valid |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offcl. Scrabble Pl. Dict. & Offcl. Scrabble Words | SOWPODS | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| NASPA Word List 2020 | NWL2020 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| NASPA Word List 2018 | NWL2018 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2016 | TWL16 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2014 | TWL14 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 2006 | TWL06 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Tournament Word List 1998 | TWL98 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2019 | CSW19 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2015 | CSW15 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2012 | CSW12 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Collins Scrabble Words 2007 | CSW07 | International / UK / Australia | YES |
| Offcl. Scrabble Players Dictionary | OSPD4 | USA / Canada / Thailand | YES |
| Australian Primary Schools | OWL2 | Australia | YES |
| Australian Primary Schools | OWL1 | Australia | YES |
| Words With Friends 2000 | ENABLE2K | Worldwide | YES |
| Words With Friends 1997 (retired) | ENABLE1 | Worldwide | YES |
| Letterpress | Letterpress | Worldwide | YES |
| Yet Another Word List | YAWL | Worldwide | YES |
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| strain - use to the utmost; exert vigorously or to full capacity; "He really extended himself when he climbed Kilimanjaro"; "Don't strain your mind too much" | ||
| strain - become stretched or tense or taut; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached" | ||
| strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour" | ||
| strain - remove by passing through a filter; "filter out the impurities" | ||
| strain - cause to be tense and uneasy or nervous or anxious; "he got a phone call from his lawyer that tensed him up" | ||
| strain - to exert much effort or energy; "straining our ears to hear" | ||
| strain - test the limits of; "You are trying my patience!" | ||
| strain - alter the shape of (something) by stress; "His body was deformed by leprosy" | ||
| strain - rub through a strainer or process in an electric blender; "puree the vegetables for the baby" | ||
Noun |
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| strain - an intense or violent exertion | ||
| strain - (physics) deformation of a physical body under the action of applied forces | ||
| strain - (psychology) nervousness resulting from mental stress; "his responsibilities were a constant strain"; "the mental strain of staying alert hour after hour was too much for him" | ||
| strain - injury to a muscle (often caused by overuse); results in swelling and pain | ||
| strain - a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven" | ||
| strain - a special variety of domesticated animals within a species; "he experimented on a particular breed of white rats"; "he created a new strain of sheep" | ||
| strain - the act of singing; "with a shout and a song they marched up to the gates" | ||
| strain - an effortful attempt to attain a goal | ||
| strain - (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups; "a new strain of microorganisms" | ||
| strain - difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension; "she endured the stresses and strains of life"; "he presided over the economy during the period of the greatest stress and danger"- R.J.Samuelson | ||
| strain - the general meaning or substance of an utterance; "although I disagreed with him I could follow the tenor of his argument" |