Direct is valid Scrabble Word

Is direct a scrabble word?
Official Scrabble Players Dictionary YES
Official Tournament and Club Word List YES
Collins Scrabble Words YES
Is direct valid Words with Friends?
Words with Friends YES

6 letters word
9 points in Scrabble
10 points in WWF

Definitions for DIRECT in dictionary:

VERB:

to control or conduct the affairs of
control the operations of; manage or govern
supervise and control (a film, play, or other production, or the actors in it)
train and conduct (a group of musicians).
aim (something) in a particular direction or at a particular person
tell or show (someone) how to get somewhere
address or give instructions for the delivery of (a letter or parcel)
address a comment to or aim a criticism at
target a product or advertisement specifically at (someone)
guide or advise in a course or decision

give (someone) an official order or authoritative instruction
To arrange in a direct or straight line, as against a mark, or towards a goal; to point; to aim; as, to direct an arrow or a piece of ordnance.
To point out or show to (any one), as the direct or right course or way; to guide, as by pointing out the way; as, he directed me to the left-hand road.
To determine the direction or course of; to cause to go on in a particular manner; to order in the way to a certain end; to regulate; to govern; as, to direct the affairs of a nation or the movements of an army.
To point out to with authority; to instruct as a superior; to order; as, he directed them to go.
To put a direction or address upon; to mark with the name and residence of the person to whom anything is sent; to superscribe; as, to direct a letter.
To give direction; to point out a course; to act as guide.
command with authority
intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
guide the actors in (plays and films)
be in charge of
take somebody somewhere
cause to go somewhere
point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
lead, as in the performance of a composition
give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction
specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public
direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
put an address on (an envelope)
plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
lead and organize
focus (one's thoughts) on or address (one's efforts) towards something.

NOUN:

A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer of its situation.

ADVERB:

with no one or nothing in between
by a straight route or without breaking a journey
in a direct manner

ADJECTIVE:

straightforward
extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping
(of apparent planetary motion) proceeding from west to east in accord with actual motion.
without intervening factors or intermediaries
(of light or heat) proceeding from a source without being reflected or blocked
(of genealogy) proceeding in continuous succession from parent to child
(of taxation) levied on income or profits rather than on goods or services.
complete (used for emphasis)
(of a person or their behaviour) going straight to the point; frank
(of evidence or proof) bearing immediately and unambiguously upon the facts at issue
perpendicular to a surface; not oblique
(of a route) shortest, straight
Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.
Straightforward; not of crooked ways, or swerving from truth and openness; sincere; outspoken.
Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous.
In the line of descent; not collateral; as, a descendant in the direct line.
In the direction of the general planetary motion, or from west to east; in the order of the signs; not retrograde; -- said of the motion of a celestial body.
direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short
having no intervening persons, agents, conditions
straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child
moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth
similar in nature or effect or relation to another quantity
(of a current) flowing in one direction only
being an immediate result or consequence
in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker
lacking compromising or mitigating elements; exact
(of a quotation) taken from someone's words without being changed.

Words related to DIRECT

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How to use DIRECT in a sentence

Animal parasites the direct cause of many diseases.
If it were taken away, the direct result would be an accession of poverty and misery.
If you argue that the ears are intended to catch sounds and direct them down to the hearing instrument, then explain their absurd shape.
Yet to do this, and not give the Sultan a direct military authority in the province, would have been, in our opinion, a grievous error.
The drag would help to stop the sledge, and if she could put an extra pressure on one side, to some extent direct it.
The eldest pupil, Massieu, himself deaf and dumb, is an extraordinary genius and he may be said in some measure to direct all the others.
He told it me with such a direct simplicity of conviction that I could not do otherwise than believe in him.
Few of this audience will probably deny the truth of a direct Scriptural declaration.
Manure should never be placed in direct contact with the roots or stem of the tree.
However, there does not seem to be any direct proof of this as yet.

The suffrage was equal, direct, universal, and secret.
It is in vain to send forth armies if these do not inspire and direct them.
So he contented himself with a brief and direct report of what had happened, explaining why Boris was not himself present to make this report.
I have seen many strange things in my life, but never a cat that could fight fair, nor a woman that could answer a direct question.
Host toward host with full collected force 600 They moved direct.
Surely, she was a direct descendant from the Spartan mothers.
The latter is a large copper vessel heated by direct fire or steam.
This had to be captured before any direct attack on the town could be made.
That also was arrested by a direct appeal to Grant.
Some of its effects, both direct and indirect, I shall describe later, but before doing so it may be well to trace its genesis and development.
The direct manner of the girl was largely the result of her new responsibilities.
To form the mouth and throat by direct effort and expect a good tone to result thereby, is an action not only certain of failure but exceedingly stupid.
There will be few direct illustrations of the subject matter of the text.
The direct way from Ballinasloe was close by the castle, but there was another way about, on the south-east side of the hill.
After making a half circle, we heard them coming direct for the herd.
With regard to others, they have differed, through every shade or degree, from slight diversity to direct opposition.
Let us see, now, from which observations the preceding thoughts are the direct result.
The next morning, having learned that the Federal troops still occupied Martinsburg, General Jackson took the direct road to Williamsport.
Its source is not inference at all but direct emotion and the pathetic fallacy.
This whole terrific struggle ending at the cross was a direct spirit-battle with that great spirit prince.

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