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Is certify a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word certify is a Scrabble US word. The word certify is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

C3E1R1T1I1F4Y4

Is certify a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word certify is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

C3E1R1T1I1F4Y4

Is certify a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word certify is a Words With Friends word. The word certify is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CERTIFY,RECTIFY,

6-letter words (2 found)

FERITY,FREITY,

5-letter words (15 found)

CERTY,CITER,FECIT,FIERY,FREIT,RECIT,RECTI,REFIT,REIFY,RICEY,RIFTE,RIFTY,TREIF,TREYF,TRICE,

4-letter words (36 found)

CERT,CIRE,CITE,CITY,CRIT,CYTE,ERIC,ETIC,FICE,FIER,FIRE,FRET,FRIT,FYCE,ICER,REFI,REFT,REIF,RICE,RICY,RIFE,RIFT,RITE,RYFE,TERF,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TREF,TREY,TRIE,TRYE,TYER,TYRE,YETI,YITE,

3-letter words (29 found)

CIT,CRY,EFT,ERF,FER,FET,FEY,FIE,FIR,FIT,FRY,ICE,ICY,IRE,REC,REF,REI,RET,RIF,RIT,RYE,TEC,TEF,TIC,TIE,TRY,TYE,YER,YET,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,FY,IF,IT,RE,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from certify according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of certify

certify

Etymology

From Old French certefier (“confirm, assure, make certain”). Compare French certifier.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.tɪ.faɪ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈsɝ.tɪ.faɪ/, [ˈsɝ.ɾɪ.faɪ]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsɜː.tɪ.fɑɪ/, [ˈsɜː.ɾɪ.faɪ]

Verb

certify (third-person singular simple present certifies, present participle certifying, simple past and past participle certified)

  1. (transitive) To attest to (a fact) as the truth.
  2. (transitive, law) To authenticate or verify in writing.
  3. (transitive) To attest that a product, service, organization, or person has met an official standard.
  4. (transitive, archaic) To inform; to tell (a person) that something is true.
  5. (archaic, reflexive) To assure (oneself) of something; to ascertain.

Synonyms

  • (to attest as to): attest, witness, vouch for, approve, confirm

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Translations

References

  • “certify”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “certify”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • cretify, rectify

Chinese

Etymology

Ellipsis of English certified dead. Compare the usage of English pronounce in the sense of “to pronounce dead”.

Pronunciation

Verb

certify

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) to pronounce dead; to attest, to declare one's death (by a doctor); to be attested, to be declared dead (by a doctor).
  2. (Hong Kong Cantonese, figuratively) declare the death or decline of someone or something

Source: wiktionary.org