exsert

Verb

Verb Forms: exserted, exserting, exserts

To thrust or push out; to protrude.
thrust or extend out
- "the bee exserted its sting"
To thrust out; to cause to protrude.

Adj

Standing out; projecting beyond some other part.

Examples

She hoped to exsert a high-scoring ’X’ onto a double letter score.
Some worms are said to exsert the proboscis.

Origin / Etymology

From Latin exsertus, past participle of exserō (“to stretch out or forth”). See exert.

Synonyms

extend, hold out, put out, stretch forth, stretch out

Scrabble Score: 13

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

Words With Friends Score: 13

exsert: valid Words With Friends Word