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Is corrupt a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word corrupt is a Scrabble US word. The word corrupt is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

C3O1R1R1U1P3T1

Is corrupt a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word corrupt is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

C3O1R1R1U1P3T1

Is corrupt a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word corrupt is a Words With Friends word. The word corrupt is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

C4O1R1R1U2P4T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

CORRUPT,

5-letter words (4 found)

COURT,CROUP,CROUT,CRUOR,

4-letter words (19 found)

COUP,COUR,CROP,CURR,CURT,PORT,POUR,POUT,PURR,RORT,ROUP,ROUT,RURP,TORC,TORR,TOUR,TROP,TROU,TURR,

3-letter words (27 found)

COP,COR,COT,CRU,CUP,CUR,CUT,OPT,ORC,ORT,OUP,OUR,OUT,POT,PRO,PUR,PUT,ROC,ROT,RUC,RUT,TOC,TOP,TOR,TUP,UPO,URP,

2-letter words (8 found)

OP,OR,OU,PO,TO,UP,UR,UT,

You can make 59 words from corrupt according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of corrupt

corrupt

Alternative forms

  • corrumpt (archaic)
  • corrump (obsolete)
  • corroupt (rare)

Etymology

From Middle English corrupten, derived from Latin corruptus, past participle of corrumpō (“to destroy, ruin, injure, spoil, corrupt, bribe”), from com- (“together”) + rumpō (“to break in pieces”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kəˈɹʌpt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌpt

Adjective

corrupt (comparative more corrupt, superlative most corrupt)

  1. Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes.
  2. In a depraved state; debased; perverted; morally degenerate; weak in morals.
    The government here is corrupt, so we'll emigrate to escape them.
  3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; in an invalid state.
    The text of the manuscript is corrupt.
    It turned out that the program was corrupt - that's why it wouldn't open.
  4. In a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Synonyms

  • corrupted

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Verb

corrupt (third-person singular simple present corrupts, present participle corrupting, simple past and past participle corrupted)

  1. (transitive) To make corrupt; to change from good to bad; to draw away from the right path; to deprave; to pervert.
  2. (archaic, intransitive) To become putrid, tainted, or otherwise impure; to putrefy; to rot.
  3. (transitive) To introduce errors; to place into an invalid state.
  4. To debase or make impure by alterations or additions; to falsify.
  5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Translations

Related terms

  • corruptible
  • corruption
  • incorruptible

References

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus or from Middle French corrupt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔˈrʏpt/
  • Hyphenation: cor‧rupt
  • Rhymes: -ʏpt

Adjective

corrupt (comparative corrupter, superlative corruptst)

  1. corrupt (lacking integrity, being prone to discriminating, open to bribes, etc.)
  2. (textual criticism) corrupt (containing (many) errors)
  3. deprave, morally corrupt

Inflection

Related terms

  • corrumperen
  • corruptie

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: korrup
  • → Indonesian: korup
  • → West Frisian: korrupt

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin corruptus.

Adjective

corrupt m (feminine singular corrupte, masculine plural corrupts, feminine plural corruptes)

  1. corrupt (impure; not in its original form)

Source: wiktionary.org