MAKEWEIGHT
Scrabble letter values: M3A1K5E1W4E1I1G2H4T1 = 23
Definition
- noun anything added to fill out a whole. — synonyms: filler
- noun a weight added to the scale to reach a required weight.
Examples
- “some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights”
- “He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights.”