Definitions For Remainder

noun

  • A piece of cloth that is left over after the rest has been used or sold
  • The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend
  • The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor
  • Something left after other parts have been taken away
  • The part that is left when the other people or things are gone, used, etc.
  • The number that is left when one number is subtracted from another number
  • The number that is left over when one number does not divide evenly into another number

verb

  • Sell cheaply as remainders
  • To sell (a book) at a reduced price because not many copies are being sold and no more copies will be produced

Is Remainder a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Remainder is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Remainder in a Sentence

  • 2 subtracted from 5 gives a remainder of 3.
  • 5 goes into 29 five times with a remainder of 4.
  • The book did not sell well and ended up being remaindered.

Synonyms for Remainder

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