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Is recta a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word recta is a Scrabble US word. The word recta is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Is recta a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word recta is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

R1E1C3T1A1

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Yes. The word recta is a Words With Friends word. The word recta is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (7 found)

CARET,CARTE,CATER,CRATE,REACT,RECTA,TRACE,

4-letter words (12 found)

ACER,ACRE,ARET,CARE,CART,CATE,CERT,RACE,RATE,TACE,TARE,TEAR,

3-letter words (19 found)

ACE,ACT,ARC,ARE,ART,ATE,CAR,CAT,EAR,EAT,ERA,ETA,RAT,REC,RET,TAE,TAR,TEA,TEC,

2-letter words (9 found)

AE,AR,AT,EA,ER,ET,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 48 words from recta according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of recta

recta ercta rceta creta ecrta certa retca ertca rteca treca etrca terca rctea crtea rtcea trcea ctrea tcrea ectra cetra etcra tecra ctera tcera recat ercat rceat creat ecrat cerat react eract raect arect earct aerct rcaet craet racet arcet caret acret ecart ceart eacrt aecrt caert acert retac ertac rteac treac etrac terac reatc eratc raetc aretc eartc aertc rtaec traec ratec artec tarec atrec etarc tearc eatrc aetrc taerc aterc rctae crtae rtcae trcae ctrae tcrae rcate crate racte arcte carte acrte rtace trace ratce artce tarce atrce ctare tcare catre actre tacre atcre ectar cetar etcar tecar ctear tcear ecatr ceatr eactr aectr caetr acetr etacr teacr eatcr aetcr taecr atecr ctaer tcaer cater acter tacer atcer

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word recta. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in recta.

Definitions and meaning of recta

recta

Pronunciation

Noun

recta

  1. plural of rectum

References

Anagrams

  • Carte, Cater, Trace, acter, caret, carte, cater, crate, creat, react, reäct, trace

Asturian

Adjective

recta

  1. feminine singular of rectu

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrɛk.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈrɛk.ta]

Adjective

recta

  1. feminine singular of recte

Noun

recta f (plural rectes)

  1. straight line
    Synonym: línia recta

Derived terms

  • recta numèrica

Latin

Etymology 1

From the feminine ablative singular of rēctus.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]

Adverb

rēctā (not comparable)

  1. directly, straightforward

Etymology 2

See rēctus.

Pronunciation 1

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.taː/, [ˈreːkt̪äː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle

rēcta

  1. inflection of rēctus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Pronunciation 2

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.ta/, [ˈreːkt̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.ta/, [ˈrɛkt̪ä]
Participle

rēctā

  1. ablative feminine singular of rēctus

References

  • “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “recta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • recta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Adjective

recta

  1. feminine singular of recto

Noun

recta f (plural rectas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1990) of reta. Still used in countries where the agreement hasn't come into effect; may occur as a sporadic misspelling.

Spanish

Noun

recta f (plural rectas)

  1. straight line
  2. straight

Derived terms

Adjective

recta

  1. feminine singular of recto

Further reading

  • “recto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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