What does CONSTRUCT mean?

Pronunciation
/kənˈstrʌkt/
Letters
9
Scrabble score
13
Words With Friends score
17
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

verb

  1. make by combining materials and parts“this little pig made his house out of straw”
  2. put together out of artificial or natural components or parts“the company fabricates plastic chairs”
  3. draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions“construct an equilateral triangle”
  4. create by linking linguistic units“construct a sentence”
  5. create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts“construct a proof”
  6. reassemble mentally“reconstruct the events of 20 years ago”

noun

  1. an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

constructs14constructed16constructing17

Anagrams of CONSTRUCT

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside CONSTRUCT

138 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

courts8occurs10count7 court7 occur9 trust5 turns5cost6 cuts6nuts4 runs4sort4 tons4 tour4 turn4 cut5 nor3not3 our3out3 run3 son3 sun3 no2 on2 or2so2 to2un2us2

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Questions

Is CONSTRUCT a valid word in word games?

CONSTRUCT is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is CONSTRUCT worth?

CONSTRUCT is worth 13 points with Scrabble letter values and 17 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from CONSTRUCT?

138 other words, including TO, ON, NOT and OR.