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return

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Is return a Scrabble word?

Yes, return is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
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  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of return?

Definition

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To come or go back (to a place or person).Examples: "Although the birds fly north for the summer, they return here in winter."; "The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house."; ""I came through and I shall return," General MacArthur declared when he spoke at Terowie of the beleagured Philippines."

2. (intransitive) To go back in thought, narration, or argument.Examples: "To return to my story[…]"

3. (intransitive) To recur; to come again.Examples: "Winter returns every year."

4. (intransitive, obsolete) To turn back, retreat.Examples: "‘I suppose here is none woll be glad to returne – and as for me,’ seyde Sir Cador, ‘I had lever dye this day that onys to turne my bak.’"

5. (transitive, obsolete) To turn (something) round.Examples: "Whan Kyng Marke harde hym sey that worde, he returned his horse and abode by hym."

6. (transitive) To place or put back something where it had been.Examples: "Please return your hands to your lap."

noun (English)

1. (taxation, finance) A report of income submitted to a government for purposes of specifying exact tax payment amounts; a tax return.Examples: "Hand in your return within 90 days of the end of the tax year."

2. (computing) A carriage return character.

3. (computing) The act of relinquishing control to the calling procedure.

4. (computing) A return value: the data passed back from a called procedure.

5. (mining) A roadway along which foul air travels from the face on its way out of the mine.

6. (American football) The act of catching a ball after a punt and running it back towards the opposing team.

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "return"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "return"?

Scrabble
6 points
r1
e1
t1
u1
r1
n1
Words With Friends
8 points
r1
e1
t1
u2
r1
n2

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