Definitions for underscore

underscore un·der·score

Spelling: [verb uhn-der-skawr, -skohr, uhn-der-skawr, -skohr<
IPA: /verb ˈʌn dərˌskɔr, -ˌskoʊr, ˌʌn dərˈskɔr, -ˈskoʊr; noun ˈʌn dərˌskɔr, -ˌskoʊr/

Underscore is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 575 anagrams from letters in underscore (cdeenorrsu).

Definitions for underscore

noun

  1. a line drawn beneath something written or printed.
  2. music for a film soundtrack; background for a film or stage production.

verb (used with object)

  1. to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
  2. to stress; emphasize:

Origin of underscore

First recorded in 1765-75; under- + score

Examples for underscore

Of course, other elements had to be added in to underscore that concept, and it also became a mother-son movie.

I should like to underscore this last sentence, my dears, in view of what comes after.

So we underscore them, putting a single score under k, and a double one under k′.

This is not, repeat, underscore, not an intervention in planetary government.

The episodes are even referred to as “chapters” in an effort to underscore this comparison more deeply.

I underscore the word “hotter,” to denote the prevalent theory.

To underscore the “shame,” street sweepers followed along behind the prisoners, cleaning the street.

To underscore the point: The Constitution strongly protects us against theocrats who would pass religious precepts into law.

underscore all of the adjectives in the following quotation.

They underscore the extent to which our ideas of normality are tied closely to socioeconomic status.

Word Value for underscore
Scrable

13

Words with friends

16

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