recall: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with L
Meaning of recall
verb
- transitive
To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
- transitive
To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
Example: He was recalled to service after his retirement.
- US, transitive
To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
- transitive
To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
Listed forms: recalls, recalling, recalled, recal.
Source: Wiktionary — recall.
noun
- countable, uncountable
The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Request of the return of a faulty product.
Example: recall campaign
- US, countable, uncountable
The action or fact of calling someone or something back. The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.
Example: recall petition
- US, countable, uncountable
The action or fact of calling someone or something back. The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
- countable, uncountable
Memory; the ability to remember.
Listed forms: recalls, recal.
Source: Wiktionary — recall.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for recall.
noun
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
noun
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
verb
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
verb
go back to something earlier
- hark back
- return
- come back
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is recall in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of recall
R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + A(1) + L(1) + L(1) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of recall
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from recall
34 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in recall. Showing up to 24, longest first.