What does CORRECT mean?

Pronunciation
/kərˈɛkt/
Letters
7
Scrabble score
11
Words With Friends score
13
How common
Common

Meaning

verb

  1. make right or correct“Correct the mistakes”
  2. make reparations or amends for“right a wrongs done to the victims of the Holocaust”
  3. censure severely“She chastised him for his insensitive remarks”
  4. adjust for“engineers will work to correct the effects or air resistance”
  5. punish in order to gain control or enforce obedience“The teacher disciplined the pupils rather frequently”
  6. go down in value“the stock market corrected”
  7. alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard“Adjust the clock, please”
  8. treat a defect“The new contact lenses will correct for his myopia”

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

corrects12correcter13correctest14correcting15

Anagrams of CORRECT

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

Words inside CORRECT

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

rector8crore7recto7retro5 cero6core6 cote6croc8rote4tore4 torr4cor5cot5err3orc5ore3 ort3rec5ret3roc5roe3rot3 toe3 tor3er2et2oe2or2re2 to2

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Questions

Is CORRECT a valid word in word games?

CORRECT 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 CORRECT worth?

CORRECT is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 13 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from CORRECT?

32 other words, including TO, OR, RE and CORE.