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Is rescue a Scrabble word?

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

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Is rescue a Scrabble UK word?

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

R1E1S1C3U1E1

Is rescue a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word rescue is a Words With Friends word. The word rescue is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

R1E1S1C4U2E1

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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)

E,

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

Definitions and meaning of rescue

rescue

Etymology

From Middle English rescouen, from Old French rescoure, rescurre, rescorre; from Latin prefix re- (“re-”) + excutere, present active infinitive of excutiō (“I shake or drive out”), from ex (“out”) + quatiō (“I shake”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛs.kjuː/

Verb

rescue (third-person singular simple present rescues, present participle rescuing, simple past and past participle rescued) (transitive)

  1. To save from any violence, danger or evil.
  2. To free or liberate from confinement or other physical restraint.
  3. To recover forcibly.
  4. To deliver by arms, notably from a siege.
  5. (figuratively) To remove or withdraw from a state of exposure to evil and sin.
  6. (figuratively) To achieve something positive under difficult conditions.

Synonyms

  • (to save from violence, danger or evil): free, deliver, pull out of the fire, save the day
  • (to free from confinement): liberate, release
  • (to free from restraint): release, unshackle, untie
  • (to recover forcibly): recapture, retake
  • (to deliver by arms): liberate
  • (to rescue from evil or sin): redeem, save

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "all senses"): abandon, ignore
  • (antonym(s) of "to save from violence, danger or evil"): endanger, imperil
  • (antonym(s) of "to free from confinement"): enslave, incarcerate
  • (antonym(s) of "to free from restraint"): bind, constrict, hamper, inhibit, obstruct, preclude
  • (antonym(s) of "to recover forcibly"): kidnap
  • (antonym(s) of "to deliver by arms"): arrest, capture
  • (antonym(s) of "to rescue from evil or sin"): corrupt, deprave

Derived terms

  • rescuee
  • rescuer

Related terms

  • quash

Translations

Noun

rescue (countable and uncountable, plural rescues)

  1. An act or episode of rescuing, saving.
  2. A liberation, freeing.
  3. The forcible ending of a siege; liberation from similar military peril.
  4. A special airliner flight to bring home passengers who are stranded.
  5. A rescuee.

Usage notes

  • Often used attributively as an adjective, e.g. "rescue equipment".

Derived terms

Translations

References

“rescue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Creuse, cereus, ceruse, cursee, recuse, secuer, secure

Source: wiktionary.org