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Is strict a Scrabble word?

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

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Is strict a Scrabble UK word?

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

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

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6-letter words (1 found)

STRICT,

5-letter words (3 found)

CRITS,RITTS,TRIST,

4-letter words (9 found)

CIST,CITS,CRIS,CRIT,RITS,RITT,STIR,TICS,TITS,

3-letter words (11 found)

CIS,CIT,ITS,RIT,SIC,SIR,SIT,SRI,TIC,TIS,TIT,

2-letter words (5 found)

IS,IT,SI,ST,TI,

You can make 29 words from strict according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of strict

strict

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stɹɪkt/
  • Rhymes: -ɪkt

Adjective

strict (comparative stricter, superlative strictest)

  1. Strained; drawn close; tight.
  2. Tense; not relaxed.
  3. Exact; accurate; precise; rigorously particular.
  4. Governed or governing by exact rules; observing exact rules; severe; rigorous.
  5. Rigidly interpreted; exactly limited; confined; restricted.
  6. (botany) Upright, or straight and narrow; — said of the shape of the plants or their flower clusters.
  7. Severe in discipline.
    Antonyms: lenient, lax, permissive
  8. (set theory, order theory) Irreflexive; if the described object is defined to be reflexive, that condition is overridden and replaced with irreflexive.

Usage notes

  • Stricter and strictest are the grammatically correct forms for the comparative and superlative though outside the UK more strict and most strict are more often used.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • stricture
  • stringent
  • strain

Translations

Further reading

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

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin strictus, perfect participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of étroit.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /stʁikt/

Adjective

strict (feminine stricte, masculine plural stricts, feminine plural strictes)

  1. strict

Derived terms

  • strict minimum
  • strictement

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French strict, from Latin strictus. Doublet of strâmt, which was inherited.

Adjective

strict m or n (feminine singular strictă, masculine plural stricți, feminine and neuter plural stricte)

  1. strict

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Source: wiktionary.org