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offset
noun
1. A bend in a pipe, bar, or other straight continuous piece made to allow it to pass around an obstruction.
2. A descendant of a race or family; an offshoot.
3. A short distance measured perpendicularly from the main line in surveying, used to help in calculating the area of an irregular plot.
4. An agent, element, or thing that balances, counteracts, or compensates for something else.
5. Architecture A ledge or recess in a wall formed by a reduction in thickness above; a setoff.
verb
1. To place over against something .
2. To serve as a counterbalance for .
3. To form an offset in .
4. To become marked by offset.
verb-intransitive
1. Printing To become marked by or cause an unintentional transfer of ink.
2. To develop, project, or be situated as an offset.
verb-transitive
1. Printing To cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface.
2. Printing To produce by offset printing.
3. To counterbalance, counteract, or compensate for: fringe benefits designed to offset low salaries.
4. To make or form an offset in (a wall, bar, or pipe).
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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setoff | 12 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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fe | 5 |
of | 5 |
oe | 2 |
os | 2 |
ef | 5 |
so | 2 |
te | 2 |
to | 2 |
et | 2 |
es | 2 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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sot | 3 |
set | 3 |
oes | 3 |
ose | 3 |
oft | 6 |
off | 9 |
tes | 3 |
toe | 3 |
foe | 6 |
fet | 6 |
eff | 9 |
fes | 6 |
efs | 6 |
eft | 6 |
est | 3 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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fets | 7 |
toff | 10 |
toes | 4 |
teff | 10 |
soft | 7 |
effs | 10 |
efts | 7 |
offs | 10 |
fest | 7 |
foes | 7 |
5 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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teffs | 11 |
toffs | 11 |
6 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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setoff | 12 |
offset | 12 |