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Is resort a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word resort is a Scrabble US word. The word resort is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

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Is resort a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word resort is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

R1E1S1O1R1T1

Is resort a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word resort is a Words With Friends word. The word resort is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (5 found)

RESORT,RETROS,ROSTER,SORTER,STORER,

5-letter words (12 found)

ESTRO,RESTO,RETRO,RORES,RORTS,ROSET,ROTES,SORER,STORE,TORES,TORRS,TORSE,

4-letter words (24 found)

EROS,ERRS,ERST,ORES,ORTS,REOS,REST,RETS,ROES,RORE,RORT,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SERR,SORE,SORT,TOES,TORE,TORR,TORS,TOSE,TRES,

3-letter words (19 found)

ERR,ERS,EST,OES,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REO,RES,RET,ROE,ROT,SER,SET,SOT,TES,TOE,TOR,

2-letter words (11 found)

ER,ES,ET,OE,OR,OS,RE,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 72 words from resort according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of resort

resort

Etymology 1

From Middle English resorten, from Old French resortir (“to fall back, return, resort, have recourse, appeal”), back-formation from sortir (“to go out”).

Pronunciation

  • (non-rhotic) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɔːt/
  • (rhotic) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈzɔɹt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

  1. A place where people go for recreation, especially one with facilities such as lodgings, entertainment, and a relaxing environment.
  2. Recourse, refuge (something or someone turned to for safety).
  3. (obsolete) A place where one goes habitually; a haunt.
  4. (government) A subdivision of Suriname; a division of the country's districts.
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → Japanese: リゾート (rizōto)
  • → Korean: 리조트 (rijoteu)
  • → Portuguese: resort
  • → Spanish: resort
  • → Thai: รีสอร์ท (rii-sɔ̀ɔt)
Translations

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

  1. (intransitive) To have recourse (to), now especially from necessity or frustration.
  2. (intransitive) To fall back; to revert.
  3. (intransitive) To make one's way, go (to).
Derived terms
  • last resort
Translations

Etymology 2

re- +‎ sort

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɹiːˈsɔ(ɹ)t/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Verb

resort (third-person singular simple present resorts, present participle resorting, simple past and past participle resorted)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To repeat a sorting process; sort again.
Alternative forms
  • re-sort (preferable)
Translations

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

  1. An act of sorting again.
    • 1991, Dr. Dobb's journal: software tools for the professional programmer, Volume 16:
      "If further sorting is required, begin anew with opcode = 0. opcode = -3 may be set to build an index file following an initial sort with opcode set to 0, or a resort with opcode set to -1.

Etymology 3

From French ressort.

Noun

resort (plural resorts)

  1. (obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.

Further reading

  • “resort”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “resort”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
  • “resort”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
  • “resort”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Anagrams

  • Storer, Torres, retros, roster, sorter, storer

Czech

Alternative forms

  • rezort

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ressort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛsort]
  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛzort]

Noun

resort m inan

  1. province, department, section

Declension

Related terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English resort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /riˈzɔrt/
  • Hyphenation: re‧sort
  • Rhymes: -ɔrt

Noun

resort n (plural resorts)

  1. A resort (place with recreational environment for holidays).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French ressort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.sɔrt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛsɔrt
  • Syllabification: re‧sort

Noun

resort m inan

  1. government department
    Synonym: ministerstwo
  2. (colloquial) jurisdiction (power or right to exercise authority)
    Synonym: kompetencje

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • resort in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • resort in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English resort.

Pronunciation

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

  1. resort (a relaxing environment for people on vacation)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English resort.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reˈsoɾt/ [reˈsoɾt̪]
  • Rhymes: -oɾt
  • Syllabification: re‧sort

Noun

resort m (plural resorts)

  1. resort (place for vacation)

Further reading

  • “resort”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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