Scrabble and Words with Friends

• EARLY is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• EARLY is a valid Words with Friends word worth 8 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• EARLY is a 5 letter word containing the letters a, e, l, r, y.

Definitions

• early

  adjective at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
  early morning
  an early warning
  early diagnosis
  an early death
  took early retirement
  an early spring
  early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties

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• early

  adjective being or occurring at an early stage of development
  in an early stage
  early forms of life
  early man
  an early computer

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• early

  adjective of an early stage in the development of a language or literature
  the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C.
  Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700

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• early

  adverb during an early stage
  early on in her career

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• early

  adverb before the usual time or the time expected
  she graduated early

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• early

  adverb in good time

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• early

  adjective satellite belonging to the distant past
  the early inhabitants of Europe

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• early

  adjective satellite very young
  at an early age

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• early

  adjective satellite expected in the near future
  look for an early end to the negotiations

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• Lookup EARLY using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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