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Is truss a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word truss is a Scrabble US word. The word truss is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is truss a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word truss is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

T1R1U1S1S1

Is truss a Words With Friends word?

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

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5-letter words (2 found)

RUSTS,TRUSS,

4-letter words (2 found)

RUST,RUTS,

3-letter words (4 found)

RUT,SUR,SUS,UTS,

2-letter words (4 found)

ST,UR,US,UT,

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

All 5 letters words made out of truss

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

Definitions and meaning of truss

truss

Etymology

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser. Doublet of trousse.

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /tɹʌs/
  • Rhymes: -ʌs

Noun

truss (plural trusses)

  2. A bandage and belt used to hold a hernia in place.
  3. (architecture) A structure made up of one or more triangular units made from straight beams of wood or metal, which is used to support a structure as in a roof or bridge.
  4. (architecture) A triangular bracket.
  5. An old English farming measurement. One truss of straw equalled 36 pounds, a truss of old hay equalled 56 pounds, a truss of new hay equalled 60 pounds, and 36 trusses equalled one load.
  6. (obsolete) A bundle; a package.
  7. (historical) A padded jacket or dress worn under armour, to protect the body from the effects of friction.
  8. (historical) Part of a woman's dress; a stomacher.
  9. (botany) A tuft of flowers or cluster of fruits formed at the top of the main stem of certain plants.
  10. (nautical) The rope or iron used to keep the centre of a yard to the mast.

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Verb

truss (third-person singular simple present trusses, present participle trussing, simple past and past participle trussed)

  1. (transitive) To tie up a bird before cooking it.
  2. (transitive) To secure or bind with ropes.
  3. (transitive) To support.
  4. To take fast hold of; to seize and hold firmly; to pounce upon.
  5. To strengthen or stiffen, as a beam or girder, by means of a brace or braces.
  6. (slang, archaic) To execute by hanging; to hang; usually with up.

Derived terms

  • trussed up

Translations

Anagrams

  • Rusts, rusts, sturs

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Belarusian трусь (trusʹ). Cognates include Latvian trusis and Lithuanian triušis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtrusʲsʲ]
  • Hyphenation: truss

Noun

truss m

  1. rabbit

Declension

References

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, page 23

Source: wiktionary.org