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"Correct answer"

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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

01“Correct answer”5 letters
02“Direction opposite left”5 letters
03“Not wrong”5 letters
04“Opposite of left”5 letters
05“Starboard side”5 letters
06“Correct”5 letters

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