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6-Letter Words That Start With: DIRE

There are 3 6-letter words, 0 6-letter phrases and 0 6-letter abbr's that start with DIRE.

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direly6
10 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
Valid word for Scrabble US
direct6
9 verb, adverb, adjectivev, adv, adj
adjective

• direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short

• 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

adverb

• without deviation

adjective satellite

• having no intervening persons, agents, conditions

• being an immediate result or consequence

• in precisely the same words used by a writer or speaker

• lacking compromising or mitigating elements

verb

• command with authority

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• guide the actors in (plays and films)

• govern or manage

• 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)

direst6
7 adverb, adjectiveadv, adj
adjective satellite

• fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless

• causing fear or dread or terror

Tip: Scrabble EU allows far more words than US! Also change the max length to see more words.

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