Is “Makeweight” a Scrabble word?
Yes
MAKEWEIGHT
Valid in at least one Scrabble dictionary
Valid in these dictionaries
SOWPODS / CSW
Scrabble UK & International
TWL / NWL
Scrabble North America
Large English Dictionary
General English word list
Meaning of Makeweight
noun
1.Something of inferior quality which is included in a shipment to make up the weight.
2.Something included to add to the apparent weight or force of an argument.
“He added a long litany of peripheral precedents which the judge dismissed as mere makeweights.”