Sect in Scrabble and Meaning

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Is sect a Scrabble word?

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

S1E1C3T1

Is sect a Scrabble UK word?

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

S1E1C3T1

Is sect a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word sect is a Words With Friends word. The word sect is worth 7 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1E1C4T1

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4-letter words (2 found)

SECT,TECS,

3-letter words (5 found)

EST,SEC,SET,TEC,TES,

2-letter words (4 found)

ES,ET,ST,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from sect according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of sect

sect esct scet cset ecst cest setc estc stec tsec etsc tesc scte cste stce tsce ctse tcse ects cets etcs tecs ctes tces

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sect. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sect.

Definitions and meaning of sect

sect

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Etymology

From Middle English secte, from Old French secte (a sect in philosophy or religion), from Late Latin secta (a sect in philosophy or religion, a school, party, faction, class, gild, band, particularly a heretical doctrine or sect, etc.), possibly, from Latin sequi (to follow). Alternatively linked to sectus (cut off, divided), past participle of secō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkt

Noun

sect (plural sects)

  1. An offshoot of a larger religion or denomination.
  2. A group following a specific ideal or a leader.
  3. (obsolete) A cutting; a scion.

Hypernyms

  • religion
  • denomination

Related terms

  • sectarian
  • sectish

Translations

See also

  • cult

Further reading

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

Anagrams

  • 'tecs, CEST, CTEs, ECTS, ETCS, Stec, TCEs, TECs, cest

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [sɛt͡st]

Verb

sect

  1. supine of sec

Middle English

Noun

sect

  1. Alternative form of secte

Polabian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *sětь.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛtst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtst

Noun

sect n

  1. net

Source: wiktionary.org