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Yes. The word dirige is a Scrabble US word. The word dirige is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word dirige is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

D2I1R1I1G2E1

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6-letter words (1 found)

DIRIGE,

5-letter words (5 found)

DERIG,DIRGE,GRIDE,RIDGE,RIGID,

4-letter words (8 found)

DIRE,DREG,GIED,GIRD,GRID,IRED,IRID,RIDE,

3-letter words (16 found)

DEG,DEI,DIE,DIG,ERG,GED,GER,GID,GIE,IDE,IRE,RED,REG,REI,RID,RIG,

2-letter words (7 found)

DE,DI,ED,ER,GI,ID,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 38 words from dirige according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of dirige

dirige

Etymology

From Middle English, from Latin dīrige (“guide”, imperative), from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead: Dīrige, Domine, Deus meus, in cōnspectū tuō viam meam (“Guide, O Lord my God, my way by your sight”). Doublet of dirge.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒi/, /ˈdɪɹɪd͡ʒeɪ/

Noun

dirige (plural diriges)

  1. A Roman Catholic service for the dead, being the first antiphon of matins for the dead, of which dirige is the first word; a dirge.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.ʁiʒ/

Verb

dirige

  1. inflection of diriger:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • rigide

Italian

Verb

dirige

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dirigere

Anagrams

  • digerì, redigi, rigide

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdiː.ri.ɡe/, [ˈd̪iːrɪɡɛ]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdi.ri.d͡ʒe/, [ˈd̪iːrid͡ʒe]

Verb

dīrige

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dīrigō

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • derche, dyryge, dirigie, direge, dirge, deryge, derige, dyrge

Etymology

From Latin dirige, from the beginning of the first antiphon in matins for the dead, Dirige, Domine, deus meus, in conspectu tuo viam meam.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdirid͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdiːrid͡ʒ(ə)/, /ˈdird͡ʒ(ə)/

Noun

dirige

  1. The portion of a Christian remembrance service beginning from the first antiphon in matins for the dead.
  2. The recitation or singing of the Office of the Dead to commemorate the deceased.

Descendants

  • English: dirge
  • Scots: dirge

References

  • “dī̆riǧe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-05-10.

Portuguese

Verb

dirige

  1. inflection of dirigir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈɾixe/ [d̪iˈɾi.xe]
  • Rhymes: -ixe
  • Syllabification: di‧ri‧ge

Verb

dirige

  1. inflection of dirigir:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org