Scrabble & Words with friends points
- root is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 4
- root is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 4
- root is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 4
Definition of root
- a simple form inferred as the common basis from which related words in several languages can be derived by linguistic processes (noun)
Synonyms
- etymon
- someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent) (noun)
Synonyms
- ancestor
- antecedent
- ascendant
- ascendent
- become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style (verb)
Synonyms
- settle
- settle down
- steady down
- take root
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed (noun)
Synonyms
- base
- radical
- root word
- stem
- theme
- the set of values that give a true statement when substituted into an equation (noun)
Synonyms
- solution
- the place where something begins, where it springs into being (noun)
Examples
- communism's Russian root
Synonyms
- beginning
- origin
- rootage
- source
- dig with the snout (verb)
Examples
- the pig was rooting for truffles
Synonyms
- rootle
- rout
- a number that, when multiplied by itself some number of times, equals a given number (noun)
- (botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground (noun)
- cause to take roots (verb)
- cheer for (verb)
Examples
- She roots for the Broncos
- come into existence, originate (verb)
Examples
- The problem roots in her depression
- plant by the roots (verb)
- take root and begin to grow (verb)
Examples
- this plant roots quickly
- the embedded part of a bodily structure such as a tooth, nail, or hair (noun)
See definition of root in Merriam Webster