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Is true a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word true is a Scrabble US word. The word true is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word true is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

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4-letter words (1 found)

TRUE,

3-letter words (5 found)

RET,RUE,RUT,URE,UTE,

2-letter words (6 found)

ER,ET,RE,TE,UR,UT,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from true according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of true

true rtue ture utre rute urte treu rteu teru etru retu ertu tuer uter teur etur uetr eutr ruet uret reut erut uert eurt

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

Definitions and meaning of true

true

Alternative forms

  • trew, trewe (obsolete)
  • troo (nonstandard)
  • tr00 (leetspeak)

Etymology

From Middle English trewe, from Old English trīewe, (Mercian) trēowe (“trusty, faithful”), from Proto-Germanic *triwwiz (compare Saterland Frisian trjou (“honest”), Dutch getrouw and trouw, German treu, Norwegian and Swedish trygg (“safe, secure’”), from pre-Germanic *drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European *drewh₂- (“steady, firm”) (compare Irish dearbh (“sure”), Old Prussian druwis (“faith”), Ancient Greek δροόν (droón, “firm”)), extension of *dóru (“tree”) (possibly also Proto-Slavic *sъdorvъ (“healthy”) from the same root). More at tree.

For the semantic development, compare Latin robustus (“tough”) from robur (“red oak”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: trōō, IPA(key): /tɹuː/, [t̠ɹ̠̊˔ʷu̠ː]
  • (archaic) IPA(key): /tɹjuː/
  • (now dialectal) IPA(key): /tɹɪʊ̯/
  • Rhymes: -uː

Adjective

true (comparative truer or more true, superlative truest or most true)

  1. (of a statement) Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct.
    2. As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence
  2. Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate.
  3. (logic) Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result.
  4. Loyal, faithful.
  6. Genuine; legitimate; valid; sensu stricto.
    1. (biology) Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false.
  7. (of an aim or missile in archery, shooting, golf, etc.) Accurate; following a path toward the target.
  8. (of a mechanical part) Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation.
  9. (chiefly probability) Fair, unbiased, not loaded.
  10. (of a literary genre) based on actual historical events.

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of "of a statement"): false; see also Thesaurus:untrue
  • untrue

Derived terms

Related terms

  • truth

Translations

Adverb

true (not comparable)

  1. (of shooting, throwing etc) Accurately.
  2. (archaic) Truthfully.

Translations

Noun

true (countable and uncountable, plural trues)

  1. (uncountable) The state of being in alignment.
  2. (uncountable, obsolete) Truth.
  3. (countable, obsolete) A pledge or truce.

Derived terms

  • in true
  • out of true

Translations

Verb

true (third-person singular simple present trues, present participle trueing or truing, simple past and past participle trued)

  1. To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight).
  2. To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust.

Usage notes

  • Often followed by up.

Derived terms

  • true-up

Translations

Anagrams

  • -uret, Treu, rute

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse þrúga, Proto-Germanic *þrūgōną, cognate with Swedish truga. The verb is related to Danish trykke and German drücken (“to press”) (= *þrukkijaną), but apparently not to German drohen (“threaten”) (= *þraujaną) or English threaten (= *þrautōną).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /truːə/, [ˈtˢʁ̥uːu], [ˈtˢʁ̥oːo]

Verb

true (past tense truede, past participle truet)

  1. to threaten

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “true” in Den Danske Ordbog
  • “true” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Middle English

Adjective

true

  1. Alternative form of trewe

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse þrúga.

Verb

true (imperative tru, present tense truer, passive trues, simple past and past participle trua or truet)

  1. to threaten

Derived terms

  • truende
  • utrydningstruet

Related terms

  • trussel

References

  • “true” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • trua, truge

Etymology

From Old Norse þrúga.

Verb

true (present tense truar, past tense trua, past participle trua, passive infinitive truast, present participle truande, imperative true/tru)

  1. to threaten

Related terms

  • trussel

References

  • “true” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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