rudiment

rudiment is a 8-letter English word with 6 senses as noun and transitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. That which is unformed or undeveloped; the principle which lies at the bottom of any development; an unfinished beginning.
2. noun. Hence, an element or first principle of any art or science; a beginning of any knowledge; a first step.
3. noun. An imperfect organ or part, or one which is never developed.
4. transitive verb. To furnish with first principles or rules; to insrtuct in the rudiments.
5. noun. the remains of a body part that was functional at an earlier stage of life

   "Meckel's diverticulum is the rudiment of the embryonic yolk sac"

6. noun. the elementary stages of any subject (usually plural)

   "he mastered only the rudiments of geometry"

   Synonyms: abc, abcs, alphabet

Synonyms

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Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in rudiment:

unmitred

Common word forms

rudiments, rudimental

Words from these letters

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