What does AVERAGE mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈævərɪdʒ/
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Words With Friends score
- 13
- How common
- Very common
Meaning
adjective
- approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value“the average income in New England is below that of the nation”
- lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered“average people”
- lacking exceptional quality or ability“a novel of average merit”
- around the middle of a scale of evaluation“an orange of average size”
- relating to or constituting the most frequent value in a distribution“the modal age at which American novelists reach their peak is 30”
- relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even number of values)“the median value of 17, 20, and 36 is 20”
verb
- amount to or come to an average, without loss or gain“The number of hours I work per work averages out to 40”
- achieve or reach on average“He averaged a C”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
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Anagrams of AVERAGE
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside AVERAGE
55 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Is AVERAGE a valid word in word games?
AVERAGE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is AVERAGE worth?
AVERAGE is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from AVERAGE?
55 other words, including ARE, EVER, AREA and AGE.