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Is regret a Scrabble word?

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

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Is regret a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word regret is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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Is regret a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word regret is a Words With Friends word. The word regret is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

REGRET,

5-letter words (2 found)

EGRET,GREET,

4-letter words (7 found)

EGER,GERE,GERT,GREE,RETE,TEER,TREE,

3-letter words (12 found)

ERE,ERG,ERR,GEE,GER,GET,GRR,REE,REG,RET,TEE,TEG,

2-letter words (5 found)

EE,ER,ET,RE,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 28 words from regret according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of regret

regret

Etymology

From Middle English regretten, regreten, from Old French regreter, regrater (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix) + *greter, *grater (“to weep”), from Frankish *grātan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d- (“to sound”); and Frankish *greutan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrewd- (“to weep, be sad”), equivalent to re- +‎ greet. Cognate with Old High German grāzan (“to cry”), Old English grǣtan (“to weep, greet”), Old English grēotan (“to weep, lament”), Old Norse gráta (“to weep, groan”), Gothic 𐌲𐍂𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (grētan, “to weep”). More at greet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹəˈɡɹɛt/, /ɹiˈɡɹɛt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛt

Verb

regret (third-person singular simple present regrets, present participle regretting, simple past and past participle regretted)

  1. To feel sorry about (a thing that has or has not happened), afterthink: to wish that a thing had not happened, that something else had happened instead.
  2. (more generally) To feel sorry about (any thing).
  3. (archaic, transitive) To miss; to feel the loss or absence of; to mourn.

Usage notes

  • "Regret" is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (the -ing form), except in set phrases with tell, say, and inform, where the to infinitive is used. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Synonyms

  • rue

Derived terms

  • live to regret
  • regretter

Translations

Noun

regret (countable and uncountable, plural regrets)

  1. Emotional pain on account of something done or experienced in the past, with a wish that it had been different; a looking back with dissatisfaction or with longing.
  2. (obsolete) Dislike; aversion.
  3. (decision theory) The amount of avoidable loss that results from choosing the wrong action.

Derived terms

  • regret rape
  • regretful

Translations

See also

  • remorse
  • repentance

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

From Middle French regret, from Old French regret (“lamentation, complaint”), deverbal of regreter (“to lament”), from re- (intensive prefix-) +‎ greter (to weep), from Frankish *grêtan (“to weep, mourn, lament”), from Proto-Germanic *grētaną (“to weep”) and Frankish *grêotan (“to cry, weep”), from Proto-Germanic *greutaną (“to weep, cry”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghrew- (“to weep, be sad”). More at regret.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ɡʁɛ/

Noun

regret m (plural regrets)

  1. regret
  2. nostalgia

Derived terms

Related terms

  • regretter

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Noun

regret (plural regrets)

  1. regret, repentance

Related terms

  • regrettar
  • regrettabile

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French regret.

Noun

regret n (plural regrete)

  1. regret

Declension


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