What does TRANSIT mean?
- Pronunciation
- /ˈtrænzɪt/
- Letters
- 7
- Scrabble score
- 7
- Words With Friends score
- 8
- How common
- Common
Meaning
noun
- a surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod
- a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods
- a journey usually by ship“the outward passage took 10 days”
verb
- make a passage or journey from one place to another“The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs;”
- pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place)“The comet will transit on September 11”
- revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction
- cause or enable to pass through“The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
transits8transited10transiting11
Anagrams of TRANSIT
No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.
Words inside TRANSIT
111 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is TRANSIT a valid word in word games?
TRANSIT 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 TRANSIT worth?
TRANSIT is worth 7 points with Scrabble letter values and 8 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from TRANSIT?
111 other words, including IN, IS, IT and AS.