Definition of recover

"recover" in the verb sense

1. recover, retrieve, find, regain

get or find back recover the use of

"She regained control of herself"

"She found her voice and replied quickly"

2. recuperate, recover, convalesce

get over an illness or shock

"The patient is recuperating"

3. recover, go back, recuperate

regain a former condition after a financial loss

"We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"

"The company managed to recuperate"

4. recover, recoup, recuperate

regain or make up for

"recuperate one's losses"

5. reclaim, recover

reuse (materials from waste products)

6. recover

cover anew

"recover a chair"

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Quotations for recover

It is easier to preserve a friend, than to recover him when lost. [ Proverb ]

That patient is not like to recover who makes the doctor his heir. [ Proverb ]

One had better forgive a debt, where he cannot recover so much as his charges. [ Proverb ]

No patient will ever recover his health merely from the description of a medicine. [ Hitopadesa ]

The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it. [ Cicero ]

To elevate and surprise is the great art of quackery and puffing; to raise a lively and exaggerated image in the mind, and take it by surprise before it can recover breath. [ Hazlitt ]

Out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books, and the like, we do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time. [ Bacon ]

The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. [ Sir Walter Scott ]

recover in Scrabble®

The word recover is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters recover:

COVERER
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVERER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

coverer, recover

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word recover

RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(95 = 45 + 50)
RECOVER
(90 = 40 + 50)
RECOVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
(84 = 34 + 50)
RECOVER
(82 = 32 + 50)
RECOVER
(82 = 32 + 50)
RECOVER
(80 = 30 + 50)
RECOVER
(78 = 28 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
(76 = 26 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(74 = 24 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(72 = 22 + 50)
RECOVER
(70 = 20 + 50)
RECOVER
(69 = 19 + 50)
RECOVER
(68 = 18 + 50)
RECOVER
(67 = 17 + 50)
RECOVER
(67 = 17 + 50)
RECOVER
(66 = 16 + 50)
RECOVER
(66 = 16 + 50)
RECOVER
(64 = 14 + 50)
RECOVER
(64 = 14 + 50)
RECOVER
(64 = 14 + 50)
RECOVER
(64 = 14 + 50)
RECOVER
(63 = 13 + 50)

The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In recover

COVERER
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVERER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
RECOVER
(98 = 48 + 50)
COVERER
(95 = 45 + 50)
RECOVER
(95 = 45 + 50)
COVERER
(90 = 40 + 50)
RECOVER
(90 = 40 + 50)
COVERER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
(89 = 39 + 50)
RECOVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
(89 = 39 + 50)
COVERER
(88 = 38 + 50)
RECOVER
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECOVER
(86 = 36 + 50)
COVERER
(86 = 36 + 50)
RECOVER
(84 = 34 + 50)
COVERER
(82 = 32 + 50)
RECOVER
(82 = 32 + 50)
RECOVER
(82 = 32 + 50)
RECOVER
(80 = 30 + 50)
COVERER
(80 = 30 + 50)
COVERER
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COVERER
(78 = 28 + 50)
COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
(76 = 26 + 50)
COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
(74 = 24 + 50)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(72 = 22 + 50)
COVERER
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COVERER
(70 = 20 + 50)
RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
(69 = 19 + 50)
RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
(63 = 13 + 50)
COVERER
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COVER
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COVER
(33)
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VEER
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(32)
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(30)
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CORER
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(27)
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CERE
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CORE
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recover in Words With Friends™

The word recover is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters recover:

COVERER
(131 = 96 + 35)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (2 words)

coverer, recover

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word recover

RECOVER
(113 = 78 + 35)
RECOVER
(107 = 72 + 35)
RECOVER
(91 = 56 + 35)
RECOVER
(91 = 56 + 35)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
(89 = 54 + 35)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(79 = 44 + 35)
RECOVER
(73 = 38 + 35)
RECOVER
(71 = 36 + 35)
RECOVER
(67 = 32 + 35)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(56 = 21 + 35)
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(53 = 18 + 35)
RECOVER
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RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(51 = 16 + 35)
RECOVER
(50 = 15 + 35)
RECOVER
(50 = 15 + 35)
RECOVER
(50 = 15 + 35)
RECOVER
(49 = 14 + 35)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In recover

COVERER
(131 = 96 + 35)
RECOVER
(113 = 78 + 35)
RECOVER
(107 = 72 + 35)
COVERER
(101 = 66 + 35)
RECOVER
(91 = 56 + 35)
RECOVER
(91 = 56 + 35)
COVERER
(91 = 56 + 35)
COVERER
(91 = 56 + 35)
COVERER
(91 = 56 + 35)
RECOVER
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COVERER
(89 = 54 + 35)
COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
(79 = 44 + 35)
COVERER
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RECOVER
(73 = 38 + 35)
COVERER
(73 = 38 + 35)
RECOVER
(71 = 36 + 35)
COVERER
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RECOVER
(67 = 32 + 35)
COVERER
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RECOVER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVERER
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COVER
(60)
RECOVER
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COVERER
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RECOVER
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COVE
(57)
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RECOVER
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VEER
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CORER
(48)
COVER
(48)
CERE
(45)
CORE
(45)
COVER
(42)
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(39)
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Words within the letters of recover

2 letter words in recover (2 words)

3 letter words in recover (8 words)

4 letter words in recover (7 words)

5 letter words in recover (3 words)

7 letter words in recover (Anagrams) (2 words)

recover + 1 blank (4 words)

Word Growth involving recover

Shorter words in recover

cove cover

over cover

re

Longer words containing recover

irrecoverably

recoverability unrecoverability

recoverable irrecoverable

recoverable nonrecoverable

recoverable unrecoverable

recovered unrecovered

recoveree recoverees

recoverer recoverers

recoveries

recovering

recoverless

recoveror recoverors

recovers

recovery recoveryroom