transit

NOUNVERB /trænsɪt/
7 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH T

transit is a valid 7-letter word worth 7 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
T1R1A1N1S1I1T1
1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =7 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 14TRIPLE WORD → 21
MEANING

What does transit mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

A facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods.

2

A journey usually by ship.

SYNONYMS
NARROWER
3

A surveying instrument for measuring horizontal and vertical angles, consisting of a small telescope mounted on a tripod.

SYNONYMS
VERB · 4 SENSES
1

Make a passage or journey from one place to another.

BROADER
NARROWER
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2

Cause or enable to pass through.

“The canal will transit hundreds of ships every day”

3

Pass across (a sign or house of the zodiac) or pass across (the disk of a celestial body or the meridian of a place).

“The comet will transit on September 11”

BROADER
4

Revolve (the telescope of a surveying transit) about its horizontal transverse axis in order to reverse its direction.

AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of transit

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