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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:

T1R1U1S1S1

Is truss a Scrabble UK word?

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

T1R1U1S1S1

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

T1R1U2S1S1

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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.

Definitions and meaning of truss

truss

English

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle English trusse, from Old French trousse, torse. Doublet of torse and trousse.

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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Etymology 2

From Middle English trussen, from Old French trousser.

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.
    Synonyms: string up, tuck up; see also Thesaurus:kill by hanging
Derived terms
  • truss up
  • 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