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Is regress a Scrabble word?

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

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Is regress a Scrabble UK word?

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

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Yes. The word regress is a Words With Friends word. The word regress is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

REGRESS,SERGERS,

6-letter words (5 found)

EGRESS,GRESES,SERGER,SERGES,SERRES,

5-letter words (14 found)

EGERS,ERSES,GERES,GESSE,GREES,GRESE,REGES,RESES,SEERS,SERER,SERES,SERGE,SERRE,SERRS,

4-letter words (19 found)

EGER,ERES,ERGS,ERRS,ESES,ESSE,GEES,GERE,GERS,GREE,REES,REGS,SEER,SEES,SEGS,SERE,SERR,SERS,SESE,

3-letter words (14 found)

ERE,ERG,ERR,ERS,ESS,GEE,GER,GRR,REE,REG,RES,SEE,SEG,SER,

2-letter words (4 found)

EE,ER,ES,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 59 words from regress according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of regress

regress

Etymology

(verb) From Latin regressus, past participle of regredior (“to go back”), from re- (“back”) + gradior (“to go”).

Pronunciation

  • (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːˌɡɹɛs/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈɡɹɛs/
  • Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

regress (countable and uncountable, plural regresses)

  1. The act of passing back; passage back; return; retrogression.
  2. The power or liberty of passing back.
  3. (property law) The right of a person (such as a lessee) to return to a property.
    Coordinate terms: ingress, egress

Synonyms

  • retrogress

Derived terms

  • infinite regress
  • ingress, egress, and regress
  • Ryle's regress

Verb

regress (third-person singular simple present regresses, present participle regressing, simple past and past participle regressed)

  1. (intransitive) To move backwards to an earlier stage; to devolve.
    1. (psychology) To re-develop behavior one had previously grown out of, particularly a behavior left behind in childhood.
  2. (intransitive, astronomy) To move in the retrograde direction.(clarification of this definition is needed)
  3. (intransitive, medicine) To reduce in severity or size (as of a tumor), without reaching total remission.
  4. (transitive, statistics) To perform a regression on an explanatory variable.
  5. (transitive) To interrogate a person in a state of trance about forgotten elements of their past.

Synonyms

  • backslide

Antonyms

  • advance
  • proceed
  • progress

Translations

Related terms

  • regression
  • regressive

Further reading

  • “regress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “regress”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “regress”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • sergers

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

From Latin regressus (“back step”), from re- (“back”) +‎ gressus (“step”).

Noun

regress

  1. regress.

Declension

References

  • Mirjejev, V. A., Usejinov, S. M. (2002) Ukrajinsʹko-krymsʹkotatarsʹkyj slovnyk [Ukrainian – Crimean Tatar Dictionary]‎[1], Simferopol: Dolya, →ISBN

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