return

return is a valid 6-letter word worth 6 points in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends.

Meaning

What does return mean?

  • A valid word accepted in tournament Scrabble and Words With Friends play.

  • noun

    the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

  • verb

    pass down

  • verb

    pay back

  • verb

    go back to something earlier

  • noun

    getting something back again

  • verb

    bring back to the point of departure

  • noun

    the act of someone appearing again

  • verb

    answer back

  • verb

    give back

  • noun

    a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

  • verb

    be inherited by

  • noun

    the key on electric typewriters or computer keyboards that causes a carriage return and a line feed

  • noun

    the occurrence of a change in direction back in the opposite direction

  • noun

    a reciprocal group action

  • noun

    (American football) the act of running back the ball after a kickoff or punt or interception or fumble

  • noun

    a tennis stroke that sends the ball back to the other player

  • verb

    go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before

  • verb

    make a return

  • verb

    return in kind

  • verb

    return to a previous position; in mathematics

  • verb

    submit (a report, etc.) to someone in authority

  • noun

    the act of going back to a prior location

  • noun

    document giving the tax collector information about the taxpayer's tax liability

  • verb

    go back to a previous state

  • verb

    elect again

  • noun

    a coming to or returning home

  • noun

    happening again (especially at regular intervals)

  • verb

    be restored

  • verb

    give or supply

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