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Is rectify a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word rectify is a Scrabble US word. The word rectify is worth 15 points in Scrabble:

R1E1C3T1I1F4Y4

Is rectify a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word rectify is a Scrabble UK word and has 15 points:

R1E1C3T1I1F4Y4

Is rectify a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rectify is a Words With Friends word. The word rectify is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1C4T1I1F4Y3

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7-letter words (2 found)

CERTIFY,RECTIFY,

6-letter words (2 found)

FERITY,FREITY,

5-letter words (15 found)

CERTY,CITER,FECIT,FIERY,FREIT,RECIT,RECTI,REFIT,REIFY,RICEY,RIFTE,RIFTY,TREIF,TREYF,TRICE,

4-letter words (36 found)

CERT,CIRE,CITE,CITY,CRIT,CYTE,ERIC,ETIC,FICE,FIER,FIRE,FRET,FRIT,FYCE,ICER,REFI,REFT,REIF,RICE,RICY,RIFE,RIFT,RITE,RYFE,TERF,TICE,TIER,TIRE,TREF,TREY,TRIE,TRYE,TYER,TYRE,YETI,YITE,

3-letter words (29 found)

CIT,CRY,EFT,ERF,FER,FET,FEY,FIE,FIR,FIT,FRY,ICE,ICY,IRE,REC,REF,REI,RET,RIF,RIT,RYE,TEC,TEF,TIC,TIE,TRY,TYE,YER,YET,

2-letter words (11 found)

EF,ER,ET,FE,FY,IF,IT,RE,TE,TI,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 96 words from rectify according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rectify

rectify

Etymology

From Middle English rectifien, from Anglo-Norman rectifiier, rectefier (“to make straight”), from Medieval Latin rēctificō (“to make right”), from Latin rēctus (“straight”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛktəˌfaɪ/

Verb

rectify (third-person singular simple present rectifies, present participle rectifying, simple past and past participle rectified)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) To heal (an organ or part of the body). [14th–18th c.]
  2. (transitive) To restore (someone or something) to its proper condition; to straighten out, to set right. [from 16th c.]
  3. (transitive) To remedy or fix (an undesirable state of affairs, situation etc.). [from 15th c.]
  4. (transitive, chemistry) To purify or refine (a substance) by distillation. [from 15th c.]
  5. (transitive) To correct or amend (a mistake, defect etc.). [from 16th c.]
  6. (transitive, now rare) To correct (someone who is mistaken). [from 16th c.]
  7. (transitive, geodesy, historical) To adjust (a globe or sundial) to prepare for the solution of a proposed problem. [from 16th c.]
  8. (transitive, electronics) To convert (alternating current) into direct current. [from 19th c.]
  9. (transitive, mathematics) To determine the length of a curve included between two limits.
  10. (transitive) To produce (as factitious gin or brandy) by redistilling bad wines or strong spirits (whisky, rum, etc.) with flavourings.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:repair

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

  • certify, cretify

Source: wiktionary.org