recommend: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 16 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of recommend
verb
- transitive
To bestow commendation on; to represent favorably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
Example: The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.
- transitive
To make acceptable; to attract favor to.
Example: A city that has much to recommend it.
- transitive
To advise, propose, counsel favorably.
Example: The therapist recommends resting the mind and exercising the body.
- archaic, transitive
To commit, to confide to another's care, confidence or acceptance, with favoring representations.
Example: A medieval oblate's parents recommended the boy for life to God and the monastery.
Listed forms: recommends, recommending, recommended.
Source: Wiktionary — recommend.
noun
- colloquial
A recommendation.
Listed forms: recommends.
Source: Wiktionary — recommend.
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 recommend.
verb
push for something
verb
express a good opinion of
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is recommend in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of recommend
R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + O(1) + M(3) + M(3) + E(1) + N(1) + D(2) = 16 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 recommend
1 other standard-list word uses exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from recommend
134 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in recommend. Showing up to 24, longest first.