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Is digress a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word digress is a Scrabble US word. The word digress is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

D2I1G2R1E1S1S1

Is digress a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word digress is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

D2I1G2R1E1S1S1

Is digress a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word digress is a Words With Friends word. The word digress is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1G3R1E1S1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

DIGRESS,

6-letter words (8 found)

DERIGS,DIRGES,GRIDES,GRISED,GRISES,RESIDS,RIDGES,SIDERS,

5-letter words (19 found)

DERIG,DESIS,DIRGE,DREGS,DRESS,DRIES,GIRDS,GRIDE,GRIDS,GRISE,RESID,RIDES,RIDGE,RISES,SEIRS,SIDER,SIDES,SIRED,SIRES,

4-letter words (37 found)

DEGS,DESI,DIES,DIGS,DIRE,DISS,DREG,EGIS,ERGS,GEDS,GERS,GIDS,GIED,GIES,GIRD,GRID,GRIS,IDES,IRED,IRES,REDS,REGS,REIS,RIDE,RIDS,RIGS,RISE,SEGS,SEIR,SEIS,SERS,SIDE,SIES,SIGS,SIRE,SIRS,SRIS,

3-letter words (31 found)

DEG,DEI,DIE,DIG,DIS,EDS,ERG,ERS,ESS,GED,GER,GID,GIE,GIS,IDE,IDS,IRE,RED,REG,REI,RES,RID,RIG,SED,SEG,SEI,SER,SIG,SIR,SIS,SRI,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,ER,ES,GI,ID,IS,RE,SI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 107 words from digress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of digress

digress

Etymology

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /daɪˈɡɹɛs/, /dɪˈɡɹɛs/
  • Hyphenation: di‧gress
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Verb

digress (third-person singular simple present digresses, present participle digressing, simple past and past participle digressed)

  1. (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
  2. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Usage notes

Often heard in the set phrase But I digress, where the word behaves as a stative verb, whereas it otherwise patterns as a dynamic verb.

Synonyms

  • (turn from the course of argument): sidetrack

Related terms

  • digression
  • digressive
  • excursive

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Source: wiktionary.org