subtend

1. To be opposite to and extend from one side to the other of .

2. To fix the angular extent of with respect to a fixed point or object taken as the vertex .

3. To determine the measure of by marking off the endpoints of .

4. To underlie so as to include.

5. To occupy an adjacent and usually lower position to and often so as to embrace or enclose .

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1. Mathematics To be opposite to and delimit: The side of a triangle subtends the opposite angle.

2. To underlie so as to enclose or surround: flowers subtended by leafy bracts.

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Top Words by points	Points	Word Game
subtend	10	Scrabble

2 Letters	Scrabble® Points
be	4
de	3
ed	3
en	2
es	2
et	2
ne	2
nu	2
te	2
un	2
us	2
ut	2

3 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bed	6
ben	5
bes	5
bet	5
bud	6
bun	5
bus	5
but	5
deb	6
den	4
dub	6
due	4
dun	4
eds	4
end	4
ens	3
est	3
neb	5
net	3
nub	5
nus	3
nut	3
sen	3
set	3
sub	5
sue	3
sun	3
ted	4
ten	3
tes	3
tub	5
tun	3
uns	3
use	3
ute	3
uts	3

4 Letters	Scrabble® Points
beds	7
bedu	7
bend	7
bens	6
bent	6
best	6
bets	6
buds	7
bund	7
buns	6
bunt	6
bust	6
bute	6
buts	6
debs	7
debt	7
dens	5
dent	5
dubs	7
dues	5
duet	5
dune	5
duns	5
dunt	5
dust	5
ends	5
nebs	6
nest	4
nets	4
nubs	6
nude	5
nuts	4
send	5
sent	4
sned	5
snub	6
stub	6
stud	5
stun	4
sued	5
suet	4
teds	5
tend	5
tens	4
tube	6
tubs	6
tune	4
tuns	4
unbe	6
unde	5
used	5
utes	4

5 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bends	8
bents	7
bunds	8
bundt	8
bunts	7
bused	8
butes	7
debts	8
debut	8
dents	6
duets	6
dunes	6
dunts	6
nudes	6
tends	6
tendu	6
tubed	8
tubes	7
tuned	6
tunes	5
unset	5

6 Letters	Scrabble® Points
bestud	9
bundts	9
bunted	9
busted	9
debuts	9
nudest	7
subnet	8
sunbed	9
tendus	7

7 Letters	Scrabble® Points
subtend	10