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Is director a Scrabble word?

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

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Is director a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Is director a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word director is a Words With Friends word. The word director is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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8-letter words (2 found)

CREDITOR,DIRECTOR,

7-letter words (2 found)

CORDITE,DORTIER,

6-letter words (21 found)

COEDIT,CORDER,CORRIE,CREDIT,DIRECT,DORTER,DOTIER,EDITOR,EROTIC,ORRICE,RECORD,RECTOR,RETROD,RIOTED,RIOTER,RORTED,TERCIO,TIRRED,TORRID,TRICED,TRIODE,

5-letter words (44 found)

CIDER,CITED,CITER,CODER,CORED,CORER,COTED,CREDO,CRIED,CRIER,CRORE,DECOR,DERRO,DICER,DICOT,DIRER,DORIC,DOTER,DRICE,DRIER,DROIT,EDICT,ORDER,RECIT,RECTI,RECTO,REIRD,RETRO,RICED,RICER,RIDER,RORIC,RORID,RORIE,ROTED,TICED,TIRED,TORIC,TRICE,TRIDE,TRIED,TRIER,TRIOR,TRODE,

4-letter words (67 found)

CEDI,CERO,CERT,CIDE,CIRE,CITE,CITO,CODE,COED,COID,COIR,COIT,CORD,CORE,COTE,CRED,CRIT,DECO,DERO,DICE,DICT,DIET,DIRE,DIRT,DITE,DOER,DOIT,DORE,DORR,DORT,DOTE,ECOD,EDIT,ERIC,ETIC,ICED,ICER,IRED,ODIC,OTIC,REDO,RICE,RIDE,RIOT,RITE,RODE,ROED,ROID,RORE,RORT,ROTE,ROTI,TICE,TIDE,TIED,TIER,TIRE,TIRO,TIRR,TOED,TORC,TORE,TORI,TORR,TRIE,TRIO,TROD,

3-letter words (42 found)

CID,CIT,COD,COR,COT,DEI,DIE,DIT,DOC,DOE,DOR,DOT,ECO,ERR,ICE,IDE,IRE,ODE,ORC,ORD,ORE,ORT,REC,RED,REI,REO,RET,RID,RIT,ROC,ROD,ROE,ROT,TEC,TED,TIC,TID,TIE,TOC,TOD,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (17 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,ER,ET,ID,IO,IT,OD,OE,OI,OR,RE,TE,TI,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 196 words from director according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of director

director

Alternative forms

  • directour (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French directeur and its source Late Latin director, directorem, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/, /daɪ̯əˈɹɛktə(ɹ)/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈɹɛktɚ/, /daɪˈɹɛktɚ/
  • Rhymes: -ɛktə(ɹ)

Noun

director (plural directors, feminine directress or directrix)

  1. One who directs; the person in charge of managing a department or directorate (e.g., director of engineering), project, or production (as in a show or film, e.g., film director).
  2. A member of a board of directors.
  3. A counselor, confessor, or spiritual guide.
  4. That which directs or orientates something.
  5. (military) A device that displays graphical information concerning the targets of a weapons system in real time.
  6. (chemistry) The common axis of symmetry of the molecules of a liquid crystal.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • directorate

Translations

Anagrams

  • creditor

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin dīrēctōrem, from Latin dīrēctus. First attested in 1696.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [di.ɾəkˈto]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [di.ɾekˈtoɾ]

Adjective

director (feminine directora, masculine plural directors, feminine plural directores)

  1. guiding, regulating, directing

Noun

director m (plural directors, feminine directora)

  1. director
  2. conductor
  3. headteacher, principal

Related terms

  • direcció
  • dirigir
  • directe

References

Further reading

  • “director” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “director” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “director” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Late Latin directorem.

Noun

director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. director

Derived terms

  • codirector

Related terms

  • dirixir

Further reading

  • “director” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

Portuguese

Adjective

director (feminine directora, masculine plural directores, feminine plural directoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Noun

director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of diretor. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French directeur.

Pronunciation

Noun

director m (plural directori)

  1. director
  2. principal

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin directorem, from Latin directus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diɾeɡˈtoɾ/ [d̪i.ɾeɣ̞ˈt̪oɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: di‧rec‧tor

Noun

director m (plural directores, feminine directora, feminine plural directoras)

  1. director
  2. conductor (of musical ensembles)
  3. (school) principal, headmaster
  4. editor (a person at a newspaper, publisher or similar institution who edits stories and/or decides which ones to publish)
    Synonym: editor

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

  • “director”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Source: wiktionary.org