recent: meaning and words from its letters
6 letters · 8 letter points · starts with R · ends with T
Meaning of recent
adj
Having happened a short while ago.
Up-to-date; not old-fashioned or dated.
Having done something a short while ago that distinguishes them as what they are called.
Example: The cause has several hundred recent donors.
Particularly in geology, palaeontology, and astronomy: having occurred a relatively short time ago, but still potentially thousands or even millions of years ago.
Source: Wiktionary — recent.
noun
A recently viewed or accessed item.
Listed forms: recents.
Source: Wiktionary — recent.
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 recent.
adjective
of the immediate past or just previous to the present time
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is recent in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of recent
R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + E(1) + N(1) + T(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 recent
3 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from recent
30 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in recent. Showing up to 24, longest first.