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

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Is recuse a Scrabble UK word?

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

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6-letter words (6 found)

CEREUS,CERUSE,CESURE,RECUSE,RESCUE,SECURE,

5-letter words (10 found)

CERES,CREES,CRUES,CRUSE,CURES,CURSE,ECRUS,REUSE,SCREE,SUCRE,

4-letter words (23 found)

CEES,CERE,CREE,CRUE,CRUS,CUES,CURE,CURS,ECRU,ECUS,ERES,RECS,REES,RUCS,RUES,RUSE,SCUR,SEER,SERE,SUER,SURE,URES,USER,

3-letter words (19 found)

CEE,CRU,CUE,CUR,ECU,ERE,ERS,REC,REE,RES,RUC,RUE,SEC,SEE,SER,SUE,SUR,URE,USE,

2-letter words (6 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,UR,US,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 65 words from recuse according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of recuse

recuse

Etymology

From Late Middle English recusen, from Old French recuser (modern French récuser (“to challenge; to impugn; (formal) to make an objection; (law) to recuse”), and from its etymon Latin recūsāre, the present active infinitive of recūsō (“to decline, refuse, reject; (law) to object to, protest”), from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’, denoting opposition or reversal) + causa (“cause, reason; (law) case, claim; etc.”) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs). Doublet of rouse and possibly ruse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈkjuːz/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɹiˈkjuz/, /ɹə-/
  • Rhymes: -uːz
  • Hyphenation: re‧cuse

Verb

recuse (third-person singular simple present recuses, present participle recusing, simple past and past participle recused)

  1. (transitive, often reflexive)
    1. To reject or repudiate (an authority, a person, a court judgment, etc.).
      1. (reflexive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare (oneself) unable to participate in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
      2. (chiefly Canada, US, law) To object to (a judge, juror, or prosecutor) participating in a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.
        Synonym: (Philippines) inhibit
    2. (obsolete)
      1. To refuse (to do something).
      2. (rare) To dismiss (an appeal).
  2. (intransitive, law) Of a judge, juror, or prosecutor: to declare oneself disqualified from trying a court case due to an actual or potential conflict of interest or lack of impartiality.

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • recusal
  • recusancy (partly)
  • unrecuse

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References

Further reading

  • judicial disqualification on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • recusancy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • Creuse, Rescue, cereus, ceruse, cursee, rescue, secuer, secure

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: re‧cu‧se

Verb

recuse

  1. inflection of recusar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈkuse/ [reˈku.se]
  • Rhymes: -use
  • Syllabification: re‧cu‧se

Verb

recuse

  1. inflection of recusar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Source: wiktionary.org