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What does recruit mean? Is recruit a Scrabble word?

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Is recruit a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word recruit is a Scrabble US word. The word recruit is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is recruit a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word recruit is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

R1E1C3R1U1I1T1

Is recruit a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word recruit is a Words With Friends word. The word recruit is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1C4R1U2I1T1

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7-letter words (1 found)

RECRUIT,

6-letter words (6 found)

CUITER,CURIET,CURITE,CURRIE,CURTER,URETIC,

5-letter words (21 found)

CITER,CRIER,CRUET,CURER,CURET,CURIE,CUTER,CUTIE,ERUCT,RECIT,RECTI,RECUR,RECUT,RICER,TRICE,TRIER,TRUCE,TRUER,UREIC,URITE,UTERI,

4-letter words (27 found)

CERT,CIRE,CITE,CRIT,CRUE,CUIT,CURE,CURR,CURT,CUTE,ECRU,ERIC,ETIC,ETUI,ICER,IURE,RICE,RITE,RUER,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TIRR,TRIE,TRUE,TURR,URIC,

3-letter words (22 found)

CIT,CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ERR,ICE,IRE,REC,REI,RET,RIT,RUC,RUE,RUT,TEC,TIC,TIE,TUI,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (8 found)

ER,ET,IT,RE,TE,TI,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 86 words from recruit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of recruit

recruit

Etymology

From French recruter (as a verb).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) enPR: rĭʹkro͞ot, IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɹut/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkɹuːt/
  • Rhymes: -uːt

Noun

recruit (plural recruits)

  1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. A hired worker
  4. (biology, ecology) A new adult or breeding-age member of a certain population.

Derived terms

  • seaman recruit

Translations

Verb

recruit (third-person singular simple present recruits, present participle recruiting, simple past and past participle recruited)

  1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.
    We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products
  2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster
  3. (archaic) To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
  4. (biology, intransitive) To become an adult or breeding-age member of a population.
  5. (biochemistry) To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
  6. (dated, intransitive) To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

Derived terms

  • over-recruit
  • rerecruit
  • underrecruit

Translations

Anagrams

  • ricture

Source: wiktionary.org