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

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5-letter words (1 found)

RECTO,

4-letter words (7 found)

CERO,CERT,CORE,COTE,ROTE,TORC,TORE,

3-letter words (16 found)

COR,COT,ECO,ORC,ORE,ORT,REC,REO,RET,ROC,ROE,ROT,TEC,TOC,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (7 found)

ER,ET,OE,OR,RE,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 32 words from recto according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of recto

recto ercto rceto creto ecrto certo retco ertco rteco treco etrco terco rcteo crteo rtceo trceo ctreo tcreo ectro cetro etcro tecro ctero tcero recot ercot rceot creot ecrot cerot reoct eroct roect orect eorct oerct rcoet croet rocet orcet coret ocret ecort ceort eocrt oecrt coert ocert retoc ertoc rteoc treoc etroc teroc reotc erotc roetc oretc eortc oertc rtoec troec rotec ortec torec otrec etorc teorc eotrc oetrc toerc oterc rctoe crtoe rtcoe trcoe ctroe tcroe rcote crote rocte orcte corte ocrte rtoce troce rotce ortce torce otrce ctore tcore cotre octre tocre otcre ector cetor etcor tecor cteor tceor ecotr ceotr eoctr oectr coetr ocetr etocr teocr eotcr oetcr toecr otecr ctoer tcoer coter octer tocer otcer

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Definitions and meaning of recto

recto

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctō foliō (“on the right leaf, on the right page”), the ablative case of the Latin rēctus (“right”). Compare versus (“turned”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.toʊ/

Noun

recto (plural rectos)

  1. The front side of a flat object which is to be examined visually, as for reading, such as a sheet, leaf, coin or medal.
  2. (printing) The right-hand page of a book of a script which reads from left to right, usually having an odd page number.
  3. (law) A writ of right.

Synonyms

  • (front side of a flat object): front

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "front side of a flat object"): verso, flipside
  • (antonym(s) of "right-hand page of a book"): reverso

Translations

See also

  • recto-

Anagrams

  • Corte, ERCOT, Ector

Asturian

Adjective

recto

  1. neuter of rectu

French

Pronunciation

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

  1. recto

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [​foliō​] rēctō (literally “on the front of the sheet”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛk.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkto
  • Hyphenation: rèc‧to

Noun

recto m (invariable)

  1. recto (front side of a flat object)
    Antonym: verso

Further reading

  • recto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

  • certo, corte, torce

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.toː/, [ˈreːkt̪oː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.to/, [ˈrɛkt̪o]

Etymology 1

From rēctus (“straight”) +‎ -ō.

Adverb

rēctō (not comparable)

  1. directly

Etymology 2

See rēctus.

Participle

rēctō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of rēctus

References

  • “recto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • recto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Irish

Noun

recto

  1. Alternative spelling of rechto: genitive singular/dual of rect

Mutation

Portuguese

Adjective

recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

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

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French recto or Latin recto.

Noun

recto n (uncountable)

  1. recto

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈreɡto/ [ˈreɣ̞.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -eɡto
  • Syllabification: rec‧to

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin rectus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“straightened, right”).

Adjective

recto (feminine recta, masculine plural rectos, feminine plural rectas)

  1. straight (of a line, pipe, street, etc, never about sexuality.)
  2. honest, honorable, upright, righteous, just, fair
  3. literal (of a meaning)
  4. (geometry) right (of an angle, etc)
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin rectum (intestinum).

Noun

recto m (plural rectos)

  1. (anatomy) rectum
  2. (anatomy) rectus
Derived terms

Further reading

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

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