Recruit

/ɹɪˈkɹuːt/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:11 pts7 letters
Definition of Recruit

noun

  1. A supply of anything wasted or exhausted; a reinforcement.
  2. A person enlisted for service in the army; a newly enlisted soldier.
  3. A hired worker

    "These new recruits were hired after passing the interviews"

  4. A new member of a certain population, usually a juvenile.

verb

  1. To enroll or enlist new members or potential employees on behalf of an employer, organization, sports team, the military, etc.

    "We need to recruit more admin staff to deal with the massive surge in popularity of our products"

  2. To supply with new men, as an army; to fill up or make up by enlistment; also, to muster

    "the army was recruited for a campaign"

  3. To replenish, renew, or reinvigorate by fresh supplies; to remedy a lack or deficiency in.
  4. To recuperate; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like.

    "Go to the country to recruit."

  5. To prompt a protein, leucocyte. etc. to intervene in a given region of the body.
Anagrams of Recruit

No exact anagrams found for "recruit". This word has a unique letter combination.

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "recruit" and rearranging:

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Recruit"

Recruit is a 7-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends.

Using "Recruit" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "recruit" is a low-scoring word.