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Is recant a Scrabble word?

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

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Is recant a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1C3A1N1T1

Is recant a Words With Friends word?

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

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6-letter words (8 found)

CANTER,CARNET,CENTRA,CREANT,NECTAR,RECANT,TANREC,TRANCE,

5-letter words (15 found)

ANTRE,CANER,CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRANE,CRATE,CRENA,EARNT,ENACT,NACRE,RANCE,REACT,RECTA,TRACE,

4-letter words (32 found)

ACER,ACNE,ACRE,ANCE,ANTE,ARET,CANE,CANT,CARE,CARN,CART,CATE,CENT,CERT,CRAN,EARN,ETNA,NARC,NARE,NEAR,NEAT,RACE,RANT,RATE,REAN,RENT,TACE,TANE,TARE,TARN,TEAR,TERN,

3-letter words (31 found)

ACE,ACT,ANE,ANT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAN,CAR,CAT,EAN,EAR,EAT,ERA,ERN,ETA,NAE,NAT,NET,RAN,RAT,REC,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TEA,TEC,TEN,

2-letter words (13 found)

AE,AN,AR,AT,EA,EN,ER,ET,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 100 words from recant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of recant

recant

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈkænt/
  • Rhymes: -ænt

Etymology 1

First attested in 1535, from Latin recantare, present active infinitive of recanto (“to sing back, reecho, sing again, repeat in singing, recant, recall, revoke, charm back or away”), from re- (“back”) + canto (“to chant, to sing”), frequentative of cano.

Verb

recant (third-person singular simple present recants, present participle recanting, simple past and past participle recanted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To withdraw or repudiate a statement or opinion formerly expressed, especially formally and publicly.
    Synonyms: abjure, disavow, disown, recall, retract, revoke, take back, unsay, withcall; see also Thesaurus:recant
Related terms
  • recantation
  • recanter
Translations
See also
  • contradict
  • recall
  • revoke

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ cant.

Verb

recant (third-person singular simple present recants, present participle recanting, simple past and past participle recanted)

  1. To give a new cant (slant, angle) to something, in particular railway track on a curve.

Further reading

  • “recant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “recant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “recant”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “recant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Canter, Cretan, canter, carnet, centra, creant, nectar, tanrec, trance

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Verb

recant

  1. gerund of recar

Source: wiktionary.org