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Is flexure a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word flexure is a Scrabble US word. The word flexure is worth 17 points in Scrabble:

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Is flexure a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word flexure is a Scrabble UK word and has 17 points:

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Is flexure a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word flexure is a Words With Friends word. The word flexure is worth 19 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (1 found)

FLEXURE,

6-letter words (5 found)

FERULE,FUELER,REFLEX,REFLUX,REFUEL,

5-letter words (5 found)

FLEER,FLEUR,LUREX,LUXER,REFEL,

4-letter words (19 found)

EXUL,FEEL,FEER,FERE,FLEE,FLEX,FLUE,FLUX,FREE,FUEL,FURL,LEER,LERE,LURE,LUXE,REEF,REEL,RULE,ULEX,

3-letter words (20 found)

EEL,ELF,ERE,ERF,FEE,FER,FEU,FLU,FUR,LEE,LEU,LEX,LUR,LUX,REE,REF,REX,RUE,ULE,URE,

2-letter words (10 found)

EE,EF,EL,ER,EX,FE,FU,RE,UR,XU,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 61 words from flexure according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of flexure

flexure

Etymology

From Latin flexura.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflɛkʃə(ɹ)/, /ˈflɛksjʊə(ɹ)/

Noun

flexure (countable and uncountable, plural flexures)

  1. The act of bending or flexing; flexion.
  2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve.
  3. (engineering) A part of a machine designed to bend in operation.
  4. (anatomy) A curve or bend in a tubular organ.
  5. (zoology) The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.
  6. (astronomy) The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or subtracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • flex
  • flexural
  • flexion

Translations

Verb

flexure (third-person singular simple present flexures, present participle flexuring, simple past and past participle flexured)

  1. To introduce a flexure into; to bend or flex.

References

  • The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition (2000).

French

Noun

flexure f (plural flexures)

  1. (geology) flexure

Further reading

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

Latin

Participle

flexūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of flexūrus

Source: wiktionary.org