recluse

recluse is a 7-letter English word with 6 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Shut up; sequestered; retired from the world or from public notice; solitary; living apart; as, a recluse monk or hermit; a recluse life.
2. adjective. A person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world, as a hermit or monk; specifically, one of a class of secluded devotees who live in single cells, usually attached to monasteries.
3. adjective. The place where a recluse dwells.
4. transitive verb. To shut up; to seclude.
5. noun. one who lives in solitude

   Synonyms: hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte

6. adjective. withdrawn from society; seeking solitude

   "lived an unsocial reclusive life"

   Synonyms: reclusive, withdrawn

Synonyms

hermit, solitary, solitudinarian, troglodyte, reclusive, withdrawn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in recluse:

luceres

Common word forms

recluses, reclusely, recluseness

Words from these letters

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