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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹaɪt/Part of speech adverb, adjective, verb, nounSorted ghirtStarts with REnds with T6 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Correct, proper, or opposite of left.

Word origin

From Middle English reȝt, right, righte, riht, riȝt, riȝte, ryght, ryȝt, from Old English reht, reoht, rieht, riht, ryht (“right,” also the word for “straight” and “direct”), from Proto-West Germanic *reht, from Proto-Germanic *rehtaz (“right, straight; just, morally upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵtós (“right, straightened”), from *h₃reǵ- (“to straighten; to righten”).

Used in a sentence

  • Near-synonym: starboard
  • After the accident, her right leg was slightly shorter than her left.
  • The road up ahead contains a right bend.

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Used as a crossword answer6 curated clues

01Correct answer5 letters
02Direction opposite left5 letters
03Not wrong5 letters
04Opposite of left5 letters
05Starboard side5 letters
06Correct5 letters

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