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TWL/NWL (Scrabble US/CA/TH)
SOWPODS/CSW (Scrabble UK / ALL)
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Meaning of reply

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  reply
      n 1: a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to
           reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation;
           "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies
           to several of his critics" [syn: {answer}, {reply},
           {response}]
      2: the speech act of continuing a conversational exchange; "he
         growled his reply" [syn: {reply}, {response}]
      v 1: react verbally; "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the
           question"; "We answered that we would accept the
           invitation" [syn: {answer}, {reply}, {respond}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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