explore

Plural: explores

Verb

Verb Forms: explored, exploring, explores

To travel through an area to learn about it.
inquire into
travel to or penetrate into
- "explore unknown territory in biology"
examine minutely
examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
To seek for something or after someone.
To examine or investigate something systematically.
To travel somewhere in search of discovery.
To examine diagnostically.
To (seek) experience first hand.
To be engaged exploring in any of the above senses.
To wander without any particular aim or purpose.
To seek sexual variety, to sow one's wild oats.

Noun

An exploration; a tour of a place to see what it is like.

Examples

A good Scrabble player will explore all possible word placements, not just the obvious ones.
He was too busy exploring to notice his son needed his guidance.
It is normal for a boy of this age to be exploring his sexuality.
It was around that time that the expedition began exploring the Arctic Circle.
The boys explored all around till cold and hunger drove them back to the campfire one by one.
The committee has been exploring alternative solutions to the problem at hand.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle French explorer, from Latin explōrāre (“to investigate, search out”), itself said to be originally a hunters' term meaning "to set up a loud cry", from ex- (“out”) + plōrāre (“to cry”), but the second element is also explained as "to make to flow" (from pluere (“to flow”)).

Synonyms

research, search, delve into

Scrabble Score: 16

explore: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
explore: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
explore: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

explore: valid Words With Friends Word