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Is rectus a Scrabble word?

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

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Is rectus a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (7 found)

CRUETS,CRUSET,CURETS,ERUCTS,RECTUS,RECUTS,TRUCES,

5-letter words (20 found)

CERTS,CREST,CRUES,CRUET,CRUSE,CRUST,CURES,CURET,CURSE,CURST,CUTER,CUTES,ECRUS,ERUCT,RECUT,SCUTE,STURE,SUCRE,TRUCE,TRUES,

4-letter words (32 found)

CERT,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,CURT,CUTE,CUTS,ECRU,ECUS,ERST,RECS,REST,RETS,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,RUST,RUTS,SCUR,SCUT,SECT,SUER,SUET,SURE,TECS,TRES,TRUE,URES,USER,UTES,

3-letter words (24 found)

CRU,CUE,CUR,CUT,ECU,ERS,EST,REC,RES,RET,RUC,RUE,RUT,SEC,SER,SET,SUE,SUR,TEC,TES,URE,USE,UTE,UTS,

2-letter words (9 found)

ER,ES,ET,RE,ST,TE,UR,US,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 93 words from rectus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of rectus

rectus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rēctus (“straight, upright”), clipping of mūsculus rēctus (“straight muscle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛk.təs/

Noun

rectus (plural recti)

  1. (anatomy) Any of several straight muscles in various parts of the body, as of the abdomen, thigh, eye etc.
    Hyponyms: rectus abdominis, rectus capitis anterior, rectus capitis lateralis, rectus capitis posterior major, rectus capitis posterior minor, rectus femoris
    1. (anatomy) Ellipsis of rectus abdominis.
    2. (anatomy) Any of a number of muscles controlling the movement of the eyeball.
      Hyponyms: superior rectus, inferior rectus, medial rectus, lateral rectus

Related terms

References

  • “rectus”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  • “rectus”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Anagrams

  • Crutes, Curets, Custer, cruets, cruset, curest, curets, eructs, recuts, truces

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of regō (“to keep or lead straight, to guide”). Corresponds to Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“having moved in a straight line”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten, direct”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreːk.tus/, [ˈreːkt̪ʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈrek.tus/, [ˈrɛkt̪us]

Participle

rēctus (feminine rēcta, neuter rēctum, comparative rēctior, superlative rēctissimus, adverb rēctē); first/second-declension participle

  1. led straight along, drawn in a straight line, straight, upright.
    Synonym: prōrsus
  2. (in general) right, correct, proper, appropriate, befitting.
  3. (in particular) morally right, correct, lawful, just, virtuous, noble, good, proper, honest.
    Antonyms: prāvus, iniūrius

Inflection

First/second-declension adjective.

Descendants

References

  • “rectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “rectus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rectus 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)
  • rectus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.

Source: wiktionary.org