regress
VERBNOUN
/rɪ'grɛs/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH R
regress is a valid 7-letter word worth 8 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
SCRABBLE
WORDS WITH FRIENDS
R1E1G2R1E1S1S1
1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =8 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 16TRIPLE WORD → 24
MEANING
What does regress mean?
VERB · 4 SENSES
1
Go back to a previous state.
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2
Get worse or fall back to a previous condition.
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3
Go back to bad behavior.
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4
Go back to a statistical means.
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NOUN · 2 SENSES
1
Returning to a former state.
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2
The reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence.
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