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Is sort a Scrabble word?

Yes, sort is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 4 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of sort?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (archaic) Manner, way; form of being or acting.Examples: "Soon as the term of those six years shall cease, Ye then shall hither back return again, The marriage to accomplish vow’d betwixt you twain. Which for my part, I covet to perform, In sort as through the world I did proclaim, That whoso kill’d that monster (most deform) And him in hardy battle overcame, Should have mine only daughter to his Dame […]"; "Such is that argument whereby they that wore on their heads garlands are charged as transgressors of nature’s law, and guilty of sacrilege against God the Lord of nature, inasmuch as flowers, in such sort worn can neither be smelt nor seen well by those that wear them; and God made flowers sweet and beautiful, that being seen and smelt unto, they might so delight."; "I’ll deceive you in another sort"archaic

2. (obsolete) Condition above the vulgar; rank.Examples: "“What think you, Captain Fluellen? is it fit this soldier keep his oath?” “He is a craven and a villain else, an’t please your majesty, in my conscience.” “It may be his enemy is a gentleman of great sort, quite from the answer of his degree.” “Though he be as good a gentleman as the devil is, as Lucifer and Belzebub himself, it is necessary, look your grace, that he keep his vow and his oath.”"obsolete

3. (informal) A person evaluated in a certain way.Examples: "good sort, bad sort"; "There is no problem with this and he seems to be a decent sort with very good reflexes. I will have Felix replaced with him when we get back to Washington because he is more acceptable."; "Amo, he is the prince. And he is a good sort. You, My Husband, should be among his circle"informal

4. (obsolete) Group, company.Examples: "a sort of shepherds suing of the Chace"; "a sort of doves were housed too near their hall"; "What good got you by wearing out your feet, To run on scurvy errands to the poor, and to bear mony to a sort of rogues And lousy prisoners?"obsolete

5. (British, Australia, informal) A good-looking woman.AustraliaBritishinformal

6. (computing) An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.Examples: "Popular algorithms for sorts include quicksort and heapsort."; "The fastest general algorithm we have considered that sorts keys in a stable manner is the list merge sort, but it does not use minimum storage"Synonyms: sort algorithm, sorting algorithm

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To separate items into different categories according to certain criteria that determine their sorts.Examples: "Sort the letters in those bags into a separate pile for each language."; "And seeing the Rays which differ in Refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another, and that either by Refraction..., or by Reflexion..., and then the several sorts apart at equal Incidences suffer unequal Refractions,...; it's manifest that the Sun's Light is an heterogeneous Mixture of Rays..., as was proposed."; ""Is there a man among ye has the Gaelic? ... Is there a man among ye can speak English even? ... Is there a man among ye at all? Ye gang o' lasceevious auld de'ils, decked oot like weemin, in spite o' yer hairy long whuskers, full beards and full skirts, ye deceitful besoms. Whuskers and petticoats wi' the vices o' both and the virtues o' neither. I'll sorrt ye." And there were sounds of alarums and excursions within."Synonyms: categorize, class, classify, grouptransitive

2. (transitive) To arrange into some sequence, usually numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.Examples: "Sort those bells into a row in ascending sequence of pitch."Synonyms: order, ranktransitive

3. (transitive) To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.Examples: "Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insecta."; "For when she sorts things present with things past And thereby things to come doth oft foresee; When she doth doubt at first, and chuse at last, These acts her owne, without her body bee."transitive

4. (transitive, obsolete) To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.Examples: "I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience."obsoletetransitive

5. (transitive, obsolete) To choose from a number; to select; to cull.Examples: "To send his mother to her father's house, that he may sort her out a worthy spouse"; "I'll sort some other time to visit you."obsoletetransitive

6. (intransitive) To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.Examples: "The illiberality of Parents in allowance towards their children is an harmefull error: makes them base; acquaints them with shifts, makes them sort with meane companie; and makes them surfet more, when they come to plenty."; "Nor do Metalls only sort and herd with Metalls in the Earth : and Minerals with Minerals : but both indifferently and in common together: Iron with Vitriol, with Alum, with Sulphur: Copper with Sulphur, with Vitriol, &c. yea Iron, Copper, Lead, Nitre, Sulphur, Vitriol, and perhaps some more in one and the same Mass."intransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "sort"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "sort"?

Scrabble
4 points
S1
O1
R1
T1
Words With Friends
4 points
S1
O1
R1
T1

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