REDUCE — 6 letter word
reduce
The word reduce has 6 letters: R, E, D, U, C, E. It contains 3 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. As a verb, it means "take off weight".
6 letter word "reduce": R E D U C E — verb
Scrabble score: 9 Words With Friends score: 11
Letter analysis of reduce
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 2 | Vowel | 1 |
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| U | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| C | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
3 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of reduce
verb
- take off weight Synonyms: thin
- lessen the strength or flavor of a solution or mixture Synonyms: thin
- narrow or limit "reduce the influx of foreigners" Synonyms: tighten
- cook until very little liquid is left "The cook reduced the sauce by boiling it for a long time" Synonyms: concentrate
- be cooked until very little liquid is left "The sauce should reduce to one cup" Synonyms: concentrate
- be the essential element Synonyms: come down, boil down
- to remove oxygen from a compound, or cause to react with hydrogen or form a hydride, or to undergo an increase in the number of electrons Synonyms: deoxidise, deoxidize
- make smaller "reduce an image" Synonyms: decrease
- reduce in size "reduce physically" Synonyms: shrink
- make less complex "reduce a problem to a single question"
- reduce in scope while retaining essential elements Synonyms: contract
- cut down on Synonyms: cut
- destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it
- reposition (a broken bone after surgery) back to its normal site
- undergo meiosis "The cells reduce"
- lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation "They reduced their children to servants."
- simplify the form of a mathematical equation of expression by substituting one term for another
- lessen and make more modest "reduce one's standard of living"
- bring to humbler or weaker state or condition "The dictator reduced the population to slavery in a matter of years."
- put down by force or intimidation Synonyms: keep down, subdue, repress, quash, subjugate
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