educe

Verb

Verb Forms: educed, educing, educes

To draw forth or bring out, especially from a latent state.
deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
develop or evolve from a latent or potential state
To direct the course of (a flow, journey etc.); to lead in a particular direction.
To infer or deduce (a result, theory etc.) from existing data or premises.
To draw out or bring forth from some basic or potential state; to elicit, to develop.
To isolate (a substance) from a compound; to extract.
To cause or generate; to bring about.

Noun

An inference.

Examples

He tried to EDUCE a six-letter word from his rack, but only found ’DUCE’.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēdūcere (“lead out, raise up”); from ex- (“out, up”) + dūcō (“lead, pull”).

Synonyms

derive, draw out, elicit, evoke, extract

Scrabble Score: 8

educe: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
educe: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
educe: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 10

educe: valid Words With Friends Word