recover: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with R · ends with R
Meaning of recover
verb
- transitive
To get back, to regain (a physical thing; in astronomy and navigation, sight of a thing or a signal).
Example: After days of inquiries, he finally recovered his lost wallet.
- transitive
To salvage, to extricate, to rescue (a thing or person).
Example: They recovered three of the explorers very much alive, then another, wracked with severe hypothermia, who was taken to hospital.
- transitive
To replenish to, resume (a good state of mind or body).
Example: At the top of the hill I asked to stop for a few minutes to recover my strength.
- intransitive
To obtain a positive judgement; to win in a lawsuit.
Example: The plaintiff recovered in his suit, being awarded declaratory relief and a clearing of his name.
Listed forms: recovers, recovering, recovered, glossary, recoverest.
Source: Wiktionary — recover.
noun
A position of holding a firearm during exercises, whereby the lock is at shoulder height and the sling facing out.
- obsolete
Recovery.
- dated
The forward movement in rowing, after one stroke to take another (recovery).
Listed forms: recovers, recovre.
Source: Wiktionary — recover.
verb
To cover again.
To add a new roof membrane or steep-slope covering over an existing one.
Listed forms: recovers, recovering, recovered, recovre.
Source: Wiktionary — recover.
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 recover.
verb
get or find back; recover the use of
verb
get over an illness or shock
verb
regain a former condition after a financial loss
- go back
- recuperate
verb
regain or make up for
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is recover 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 recover
R(1) + E(1) + C(3) + O(1) + V(4) + E(1) + R(1) = 12 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 recover
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from recover
29 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in recover. Showing up to 24, longest first.