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Is exact a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word exact is a Scrabble US word. The word exact is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is exact a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word exact is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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5-letter words (1 found)

EXACT,

4-letter words (2 found)

CATE,TACE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACE,ACT,ATE,AXE,CAT,EAT,ETA,TAE,TAX,TEA,TEC,TEX,

2-letter words (8 found)

AE,AT,AX,EA,ET,EX,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 24 words from exact according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of exact

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Definitions and meaning of exact

exact

Etymology

From Latin exāctus (the verb via Middle English exact), perfect passive participle of exigō (“demand, claim as due; measure by a standard, weigh, test”), from ex (“out”) + agō (“drive”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzækt/
  • Rhymes: -ækt

Adjective

exact (comparative exacter or more exact, superlative exactest or most exact)

  1. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect.
  2. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual.
  3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
  4. (algebra, of a sequence of groups connected by homomorphisms) Such that the kernel of one homomorphism is the image of the preceding one.

Synonyms

  • (precisely agreeing): perfect, true, correct, precise
  • (precisely or definitely conceived or stated): strict
  • spot on

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "precisely agreeing"): inexact, imprecise, approximate
  • (antonym(s) of "precisely or definitely conceived or stated"): loose

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

exact (third-person singular simple present exacts, present participle exacting, simple past and past participle exacted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To demand and enforce the payment or performance of, sometimes in a forcible or imperious way.
    • 2020 September 19, statement of Clarence Thomas on the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg[2]:
      She was a superb judge who gave her best and exacted the best from each of us, whether in agreement or disagreement.
  2. (transitive) To make desirable or necessary.
  3. (transitive) To inflict; to forcibly obtain or produce.

Usage notes

  • Often used with the preposition from or on.

Derived terms

  • exactable
  • exacter
  • exacting
  • exaction
  • exactor

Translations

Adverb

exact (comparative more exact, superlative most exact)

  1. exactly

Synonyms

  • (error-free manner): accurately, just, precisely; see also Thesaurus:exactly

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French exact, from Middle French exact, from Latin exāctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛkˈsɑkt/
  • Hyphenation: exact
  • Rhymes: -ɑkt

Adjective

exact (comparative exacter, superlative exactst)

  1. exact, precise

Inflection

Derived terms

  • exactheid

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: eksak

French

Etymology

From Latin exāctus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɡ.zakt/, (old-fashioned) /ɛɡ.za/

Adjective

exact (feminine exacte, masculine plural exacts, feminine plural exactes)

  1. exact; precise

Derived terms

  • exactement
  • science exacte

Further reading

  • “exact”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French exact.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɡˈzakt/

Adjective

exact m or n (feminine singular exactă, masculine plural exacți, feminine and neuter plural exacte)

  1. exact, precise

Declension

Adverb

exact

  1. exactly, precisely

See also

  • precis

Source: wiktionary.org