Definition of VERT

vert

Plural: verts

Noun

  • The heraldic color green, often representing youth or growth.
  • A green colour, now only in heraldry; represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees counter-clockwise.
  • Green undergrowth or other vegetation growing in a forest, as a potential cover for deer.
  • The right to fell trees or cut shrubs in a forest.
  • In sport, a type of bicycle stunt competition.
  • A vertical surface used by skateboarders or skiers.
  • Vertebrate.
  • Vertex.

Adj

  • In blazon, of the colour green.
  • Abbreviation of vertical.

Verb

  • To turn.

Examples

  • He used the word VERT to cover a double letter score, symbolizing his growing lead.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English vert, borrowed from Old French vert, from Vulgar Latin virdis, syncopated from Classical Latin viridis. Doublet of virid, which was borrowed directly from Latin.

Scrabble Score: 7

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

Words With Friends Score: 8

vert: valid Words With Friends Word