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Is assert a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word assert is a Scrabble US word. The word assert is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is assert a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word assert is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

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Yes. The word assert is a Words With Friends word. The word assert is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (7 found)

ASSERT,ASTERS,REASTS,STARES,STEARS,STRAES,TASERS,

5-letter words (29 found)

ARETS,ARSES,ASSET,ASTER,EARST,EASTS,RASES,RASSE,RATES,REAST,RESAT,RESTS,SASER,SATES,SEARS,SEATS,STARE,STARS,STEAR,STRAE,TARES,TASER,TASES,TASSE,TEARS,TERAS,TRASS,TRESS,TSARS,

4-letter words (37 found)

ARES,ARET,ARSE,ARTS,ATES,EARS,EAST,EATS,ERAS,ERST,ESTS,ETAS,RASE,RAST,RATE,RATS,REST,RETS,SARS,SATE,SEAR,SEAS,SEAT,SERA,SERS,SETA,SETS,STAR,TAES,TARE,TARS,TASE,TASS,TEAR,TEAS,TRES,TSAR,

3-letter words (29 found)

ARE,ARS,ART,ASS,ATE,ATS,EAR,EAS,EAT,ERA,ERS,ESS,EST,ETA,RAS,RAT,RES,RET,SAE,SAR,SAT,SEA,SER,SET,TAE,TAR,TAS,TEA,TES,

2-letter words (12 found)

AE,AR,AS,AT,EA,ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 115 words from assert according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of assert

assert

Etymology

From Latin assertus, perfect passive participle of asserō (“declare someone free or a slave by laying hands upon him; hence free from, protect, defend; lay claim to, assert, declare”), from ad (“to”) + serō (“join, range in a row”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈsɜːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /əˈsɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Verb

assert (third-person singular simple present asserts, present participle asserting, simple past and past participle asserted)

  1. To declare with assurance or plainly and strongly; to state positively.
    He would often assert that there was life on other planets.
  2. To use or exercise and thereby prove the existence of.
    to assert one's authority
    Salman Rushdie has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work.
  3. To maintain or defend, as a cause or a claim, by words or measures; to vindicate a claim or title to.
    Coordinate term: posit
    to assert our rights and liberties
  4. (reflexive) To insist on the legitimacy of one's rights, opinion, etc; not to allow oneself to be dismissed; to ensure that one is taken into consideration; to make oneself respected; to be assertive. See assert oneself.
    Since going to therapy, I've found it much easier to assert myself.
  5. (programming) To declare that a condition or expression must be true at a certain point in the source code (in some cases causing the program to fail if it is not, as a safeguard).
  6. (electronics) To set a signal on a line using a voltage or electric current.

Synonyms

  • affirm
  • asseverate
  • aver

Antonyms

  • remit
  • deny
  • deassert

Derived terms

  • assert oneself
  • assertive

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Translations

Noun

assert (plural asserts)

  1. (programming) Synonym of assertion

References

  • “assert”, in Collins English Dictionary.

Further reading

  • “assert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “assert”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “assert”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Sastre, Saters, Satres, TASers, Tasers, Tesars, asters, reasts, setars, stares, stears, tarses, tasers

Portuguese

Noun

assert m (plural asserts)

  1. (programming) assert (conditional statement that checks the validity of a value)

Source: wiktionary.org